NOUN
- urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles)
How To Use Rustbelt In A Sentence
- The car industry in the rustbelt is miserable. Factories making thirsty pickup trucks are cutting back or closing.
- As the week trudged on, I began to realize I was in the midst of the winter "blahs," an affliction that seems to grab hold of virtually every adult living in the Rustbelt during the winter, particularly February. Tonawanda News Homepage
- The U.S. traded its manufacturing sector'shealth for its entertainment industry, hoping that Police Academy sequels couldtake the place of the rustbelt.