belt

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  1. noun A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist to support clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.
  2. noun Something that resembles this type of band: a belt of trees.
  3. noun An encircling route.

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  • I think you're right that hoping for a belt is as good as it gets. —  MVN
  • This belt has been the focus of Northair's recent generative exploration programs and the potential significance of the property was identified during a number of field examinations. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • When Tim Hauser joined the Onalaska Police Department on Jan. 31, 1977, the only tools on his belt were a weapon, a flashlight, a hand-held radio that had only one frequency and a set of handcuffs.
  • There is hollow hollow belt, a belt is a shawl A plate that has a little bobble, all of them, any so Please a round it is ticket It was a mistake to state that a laugh and a lip and a laid climb and a depot and a cultivator and little choosing is a point it BOOK Book was there, it was there. —  Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms
  • A few seconds later a deer dashed close past him, but, as his belt was already hung round with game, and home was still far distant, he did not shoot. —  The Hot Swamp
 

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boot ·  collar ·  jacket ·  glove ·  skirt ·  chain ·  helmet ·  bag ·  rope ·  ribbon ·  strip ·  blanket

Used in the same contextWord Family

belt:   belting ·  belts ·  belted
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English, ultimately from Latin balteus.

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  1. from Middle English belt, from Anglo-Saxon belt = Old High German balz = Icelandic belti = Swedish bälte = Danish bælte = Irish and Gaelic balt, a belt, a border; prob. from Latin balteus, a belt.
  2. from belt, n.
 

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