beltnoun
uk/belt/us/belt/belt noun (CLOTHING)
A2 [ C ] a strip of leather or material worn around the waist to support clothes or for decoration:
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- The captain switched on the seat belt sign as we neared the airport.
- It's a frame rucksack with a belt and padded shoulder straps.
- This belt's too big - I'll have to punch an extra hole in it.
- I've had to loosen my belt.
- a tightly buckled belt
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Fasteners for clothes
- buckle
- button
- button fly
- button-through
- clasp
- cufflink
- fastener
- flies
- fly
- hook and eye
- lace
- lace sth up
- popper
- snap
- stud
- suspender
- Velcro
- zip
- zip sth/sb up
- zipper
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belt noun (MOVING STRIP)
[ C ] a flat strip of material in a machine that moves along continuously to keep another part turning, or to keep objects on it moving along:
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Bands, straps and strips
- band
- bar
- binding
- blindfold
- collar
- dog collar
- duct tape
- gag
- masking tape
- raffia
- ribbon
- rubber band
- Scotch tape
- strip
- stripe
- sweatband
- tape
- thong
- webbing
- wristband
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
belt noun (AREA)
[ C usually singular ] an area, usually just outside a city, where a particular group of people live, such as the commuter belt and the stockbroker belt, or an area that is known for a particular characteristic, such as the cotton belt (= an area where cotton is grown)
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Towns & regions: environments & localities
- arrondissement
- backyard
- environment
- environs
- field
- hood
- in your backyard idiom
- locale
- locality
- localize
- locally
- milieu
- neck
- neighbourhood
- pitch
- surround
- surroundings
- this, our, etc. neck of the woods idiom
- turf
- vicinity
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belt noun (HIT)
[ C usually singular ] informal a hard hit or punch:
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- bunch
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- swing
- thump
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Idiom(s)
beltverb
uk/belt/us/belt/belt verb (MOVE FAST)
[ I + adv/prep ] UK informal (especially of a vehicle) to travel with great speed:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- bob
- bowl
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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belt verb (HIT)
[ T ] informal to hit someone or something hard, especially with violence:
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- bunch
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- swing
- thump
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belt verb (CLOTHING)
[ T ] to tie something with a belt:
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Fasteners for clothes
- buckle
- button
- button fly
- button-through
- clasp
- cufflink
- fastener
- flies
- fly
- hook and eye
- lace
- lace sth up
- popper
- snap
- stud
- suspender
- Velcro
- zip
- zip sth/sb up
- zipper
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