belt

belt
I UK [belt] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "belt":
singular belt plural belts
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1)
a) a narrow piece of leather, cloth etc that you wear around your waist, for example to keep your clothes in place or for decoration

a leather/plastic belt

put on/fasten a belt

b) in some types of martial art such as judo and karate, a narrow piece of a material worn around the waist to show that you have achieved a particular standard

He has a brown belt in karate.

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2) an area of land where there is a particular industry, activity etc

the corn belt

a) an area where a particular type of person lives

the city's commuter belt

b) a long thin area that contains a lot of a particular thing

a belt of trees

c) an area containing a lot of a particular thing that surrounds something else

an asteroid belt

3) a circular band that helps to turn or move something in a machine
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get/have something under your belt — informal to achieve something that is important and useful

You need to get a few more qualifications under your belt.

give someone/something a belt — very informal to hit someone or something hard

He'd given him a belt around the side of the head.

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II UK [belt] / US verb
Word forms "belt":
present tense I/you/we/they belt he/she/it belts present participle belting past tense belted past participle belted
1) [transitive] informal to hit someone or something very hard
2) [intransitive] British informal to move somewhere very quickly
belt along/down etc:

They went belting along the road.

3) [transitive] to fasten a piece of clothing with a belt
Phrasal verbs:

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