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[ UK /bˈɛlt/ ]
[ US /ˈbɛɫt/ ]

NOUN

a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
a belt of high pressure
ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
the act of hitting vigorously
he gave the table a whack
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
a vigorous blow
he got a bang on the head
the sudden knock floored him
he took a bash right in his face

VERB

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How To Use belt In A Sentence

My first indication that I'm going to need to let out my belt a couple of notches comes at the hotel's raclette and fondue evening.
The Kuiper belt is an icy disk of debris orbiting the sun, beyond Neptune, and is the original home of many comets.
From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum (sacred shell beads, polished and strung in strands, belts, or sashes) to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts.
Presented with a series of tricky problems, the Scud decided to play safe and run like the clappers, and just belt the ball for all he was worth.
The belt may make a squealing noise and throw off sooty black particles of rubber.
He vented his frustration a couple of games into the second set, missing a volley and then belting the ball into the crowd.
Before one embarks on this high flying experience, the organisers supply a crash helmet, and a safety waist belt which is securely tied with a long and strong rope to the huge multi-coloured parasail.
Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canonchet, and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
She also blames retention of green belt land for small houses and high prices. Times, Sunday Times
He reached to his waist and undid the belt buckle as he was talking to the corpsman.

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