[
UK
/bˈɛlt/
]
[ US /ˈbɛɫt/ ]
[ 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)
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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
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the act of hitting vigorously
he gave the table a whack - endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
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a vigorous blow
he got a bang on the head
the sudden knock floored him
he took a bash right in his face
VERB
- sing loudly and forcefully
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deliver a blow to
He belted his opponent -
fasten with a belt
belt your trousers
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.
- He vented his frustration a couple of games into the second set, missing a volley and then belting the ball into the crowd.
- 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.
- 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.
- Eventually after three hours four beltmen had reached us and the rescue was completed.
- But the problem seems to be that the people writing about it are mostly of the inside-the-Beltway punditry, meaning it lacks a certain breadth, I think. Chris Weigant: To Lefties: How Does Obama Disappoint?
- Matthew, who is studying for his A-levels, is a fitness fanatic with a black belt in the martial art ikedo.