Meaning

15 senses
  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.

    As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.

    Gürtel

    по́ясpójas, реме́ньreménʹ, поясо́кpojasók

    по́ясpójas, ре́міньréminʹ

    a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

  2. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

    Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.

    Gurt

    по́ясpójas, реме́ньreménʹ

    по́ясpójas, ре́міньréminʹ

  3. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

    The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.

    Riemen

    реме́ньreménʹ

    ре́міньréminʹ

  4. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.

    a belt of trees; a belt of sand

  5. A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.

    the heavyweight belt

  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.

    The battleship was protected by a twelve-inch belt just above the waterline.

  9. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

    After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of bar fights.

    уда́рudár

  10. A quick drink of liquor.

    Care to join me in a belt of scotch?

  11. (capitalized, usually)A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

    Gürtel, Zone

    по́ясpójas, зо́наzóna

    по́ясpójas, зо́наzóna

  12. The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

    That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt.

Examples

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  1. I bought a belt for Tom.

    Я купила Тому пояс.

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  2. Tom wanted to buy a leather belt.

    Том хотів купити шкіряний ремінь.

    ruТом хотел купить кожаный ремень.

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  3. I bought Tom a belt.

    Я купила Тому пояс.

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  4. Please fasten your seat belts and prepare for departure.

    Будь ласка, застебніть ремені безпеки і приготуйтеся до відправлення.

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  5. If Tom had been wearing his seat belt, he wouldn't have been injured so badly.

    Якби Том був пристебнутий ременями безпеки, його б не було настільки сильно травмовано.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
band worn around the waist:
geographical region:
Русский
By meaning 3
band worn around the waist:
powerful blow:
geographical region:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
band worn around the waist:
band used for safety purposes:
band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power:
geographical region:

Origin

From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic

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”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk belte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”), Faroese and Icelandic belti (“belt”).

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Forms

plural: belts
Singularbelt
Pluralbelts

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms
band worn around waist:strapC1girdlewaistbandsash
quick drink of liquor:dramnip
Close in meaning

Word family

123 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • seat belt
  • wearing seat belts
  • his seat belt
  • your seat belt
  • a leather belt
  • leather belt
  • wearing a belt
  • a black belt
  • a seat belt
  • black belt

See also

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