English Explanatory Dictionary

belt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
  2. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
  3. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
  4. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
  5. A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
  6. A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
  7. One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
  8. A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
  9. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
  10. A quick drink of liquor.
  11. A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
  12. The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
verb
  1. To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt.
  2. To encircle; to surround.
  3. To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
  4. To hit with a belt.
  5. To hit someone or something, especially forcefully; to bash.
  6. To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
  7. To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
  8. To drink quickly, often in gulps.
  9. To move, run, drive, etc., very fast.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Cascade County, Montana, United States.
  3. Ellipsis of Main Asteroid Belt: a region of Solar System.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛlt/ [ˈbɛlt] en-us-belt.ogg

Word forms

belt belts belting belted

Etymology

From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti (“belt”).

Synonyms

restraint safety belt seat belt girdle waistband sash strap blow punch sock wallop dram nip buckle fasten circle surround whip bash clobber smack gulp pound slurp book speed whiz zoom

Derived words

Adonis belt ammo belt ammunition belt Apollo's belt asteroid belt bagel belt banana belt below the belt belt and braces belt and suspenders belt bag belt buckle belt conveyor belt course belt drive belt-drive belt-driven belted Belter belt-fed beltfish beltful belt highway beltless beltlike beltline belt loop beltmaker beltmaking belt of the crozier belt of Venus beltpack belt printer belt purse belt-sand belt sander belt squat belt-tighten belt-tightening belt tightening belt track beltway beltwise beltwork belty Bible belt biobelt black belt borscht belt Bungalow Belt cambelt cartridge belt chastity belt Clarke belt coin belt commuter belt conveyer belt conveyor belt Copperbelt Cotton Belt
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