Definition of Belt

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Definition of Belt

Belt

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.

Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.

One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

A token or badge of knightly rank.

A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

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Belt Quotations

Superman don't need no seat belt.
Muhammad Ali

My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?
Mitch Hedberg

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
Katharine Hepburn

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.
Clint Eastwood

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.
Chuck Norris

I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.
Elvis Presley

The whole romantic part of my life was a wipeout. I didn't even own a belt.
Paul Lynde

You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.
Navjot Singh Sidhu

When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.
John Le Carre

Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair.
Annie Dillard

Belt Translations

belt in Dutch is riem, ceintuur, gordel
belt in French is ceinture, aviron
belt in Italian is cintura, cinghia
belt in Portuguese is correia

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