belt
noun /belt/
/belt/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea long narrow piece of leather, cloth, etc. that you wear around the middle part of your body- to do up/fasten/tighten a belt
- a belt buckle
- a studded leather belt
- Around his waist he wore a belt.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- narrow
- wide
- thick
- …
- buckle
- do up
- fasten
- …
- buckle
- loop
- holster
- …
- a continuous band of material that moves round and is used to carry things along or to drive a machine see also conveyor belt, fan beltTopics Engineeringc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- conveyor
- drive
- fan
- …
- a narrow area or an area around the edge of something that has particular characteristics
- the country’s corn/industrial belt
- We live in the commuter belt.
- a narrow belt of trees
- a belt of rain moving across the country
- Towns in the country's industrial belt were particularly affected by the recession.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- narrow
- …
- belt of
- (informal) an act of hitting something/somebody hard
- She gave the ball a terrific belt.
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’.
Idioms
below the belt
- (of a remark) unfair or cruel
- That was distinctly below the belt!
belt and braces
- (informal) taking more actions than are really necessary to make sure that something succeeds or works as it should
- a belt-and-braces policy
More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
have something under your belt
- (informal) to have already achieved or obtained something
- She already has a couple of good wins under her belt.
tighten your belt
- to spend less money because there is less available
- With price increases on most goods, everyone is having to tighten their belt.
- There is a need for further belt-tightening.