Meaning

6 senses
  1. Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it.

    (also, attributive)A strip of land with plants in a place which is otherwise bare.

  2. (also, attributive)A strip of land on which trees are planted to protect against desertification, soil erosion, etc.

  3. (also, attributive)A strip of land next to a building, open space, road, etc., with plants on it, intended for exercise or recreation.

  4. (UK, also, attributive)An area of agricultural land around an urban area that is protected from large-scale building.

    Grüngürtel

    ЛПЗПLPZP, зелёные насажде́нияzeljónyje nasaždénija, зелёный по́ясzeljónyj pójas

    зеле́ні наса́дженняzeléni nasádžennja

  5. (also, attributive)A belt which is green in colour worn by a person who has achieved a certain (usually intermediate) level of skill in a martial art, especially judo or karate; also, the level of skill represented by this belt.

  6. (also, attributive)A person who has earned the rank of green belt in a martial art.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Cornelius got his green belt today!

  2. A large number of houses are to be demolished in Duisburg-Bruckhausen to create a green belt.

    deIn Duisburg-Bruckhausen sollen zahlreiche Häuser abgerissen werden, um einen Grüngürtel zu schaffen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
area of agricultural land around an urban area that is protected from large-scale building:
Русский
By meaning 1
area of agricultural land around an urban area that is protected from large-scale building:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
area of agricultural land around an urban area that is protected from large-scale building:

Origin

From green (adjective) + belt (“band worn around the waist; thing resembling a belt, a str

From green (adjective) + belt (“band worn around the waist; thing resembling a belt, a strip or stripe”).

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