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Definition of 'belt'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) belt
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.

2.  belt
any encircling or transverse band, strip, or stripe.

3.  belt
an often extended region having distinctive properties or characteristics:
a belt of cotton plantations.

4.  belt
an endless flexible band passing about two or more pulleys, used to transmit motion or to convey materials and objects.

5.  belt
a road, railroad, or the like encircling an urban center to handle peripheral traffic.

6.  belt
Slang.

7.  belt
a hard blow; punch.

8.  belt
a swallow of liquor.

9. (v.t.) belt
to gird or furnish with a belt.

10.  belt
to mark as if with a belt or band.

11.  belt
to fasten on by means of a belt.

12.  belt
to thrash with or as if with a belt.

13.  belt
to sing (a song) loudly and energetically.

14.  belt
Slang.

15.  belt
to swallow (a drink of liquor).

16.  belt
to hit; strike.

17.  belt
below the belt, unfair or unfairly.

18.  belt
under one's belt,

19.  belt
in one's stomach, as food or drink.

20.  belt
as part of one's background:
Get some experience under your belt.

Etymology: (1985–90)

Definition of 'belt'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) belt
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

2. (noun) belt
a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

3. (noun) belt
an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
"a belt of high pressure"

4. (noun) knock, bash, bang, smash, belt
a vigorous blow
"the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"

5. (noun) swath, belt
a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

6. (noun) belt, belt ammunition, belted ammunition
ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun

7. (verb) knock, belt, rap, whack, whang
the act of hitting vigorously
"he gave the table a whack"

8. (verb) belt out, belt
sing loudly and forcefully

9. (verb) belt
deliver a blow to
"He belted his opponent"

10. (verb) belt
fasten with a belt
"belt your trousers"

Definition of 'belt'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) belt
a leather or cloth strip for holding up pants
to fasten your belt

2.  belt
a band of rubber that drives an engine
a fan belt

3.  belt
an area of a country with a particular characteristic
the American Bible Belt

4.  belt
under sb's belt
included in sb's achievements
a player with two titles under her belt

Definition of 'belt'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) belt
that which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt

2. (noun) belt
that which restrains or confines as a girdle

3. (noun) belt
anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand

4. (noun) belt
same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt

5. (noun) belt
one of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds

6. (noun) belt
a narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea

7. (noun) belt
a token or badge of knightly rank

8. (noun) belt
a band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other

9. (noun) belt
a band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges

10. (verb) belt
to encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround

11. (verb) belt
to shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep

Translation of 'belt'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a long (narrow) piece of leather, cloth etc worn round the waist a trouser-belt; He tightened his belt.
Afrikaans: belt, gordel	Arabic: حِزام	Bulgarian: колан
Brazilian: cinto	Czech: pás(ek), řemen	German: der Gürtel
Danish: bælte; livrem	Greek: ζώνη	Spanish: cinturón
Estonian: rihm, vöö	Farsi: کمربند	Finnish: vyö
French: ceinture	Hebrew: חֲגוֹרָה	Hindi: बेल्ट
Croatian: remen	Hungarian: öv	Indonesian: ikat pinggang
Icelandic: belti	Italian: cintura	Japanese: ベルト
Korean: 혁대	Lithuanian: diržas	Latvian: josta; siksna
Malay: tali pinggang	Dutch: riem	Norwegian: belte, livreim
Polish: pasek	Persian: کمربند	Pashto: کمر بند، ملاوستنی
Portuguese: cinto	Romanian: curea	Russian: пояс, ремень
Slovak: opasok, remeň	Slovenian: pas	Serbian: kaiš
Swedish: bälte, skärp, svångrem	Thai: เข็มขัด	Turkish: kemer, kayış
Taiwanese: 腰帶	Ukrainian: пасок; пояс	Urdu: پیٹی ، کمر بند
Vietnamese: dây thắng lưng	Chinese: 腰带
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