Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The rank of expert in a martial art such as judo or karate.
- n. The black sash that symbolizes this rank of proficiency.
- n. A person who has attained this rank.
- n. A region of rich, black soil.
- n. An area having a predominantly Black population.
Wiktionary
- n. The highest belt colour in various martial arts.
- n. Someone who has attained a black belt
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Martial arts) a comedy that treats of morbid, tragic, gloomy, or grotesque situations as a major element of the plot.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate)
- n. a black sash worn to show expert standards in the martial arts (judo or karate)
Examples
“Complement them with a wide or slim matching black belt atop your tan trench, or by donning a pair of opaque tights in saturated crimson, Dijon, or amethyst to create a vertical visual thrust right down to your tootsies when rocking your black trench.”
“He was a short, bald, seventysomething-year-old in a white T-shirt, dark Bermuda shorts, and a black belt that was superfluous except that it matched his slip-on slippers.”
“Wes had a fifth-degree black belt in karate but no wrestling experience.”
“It's like trying to sell our Pickled Luncheon Tidbits to a fellow in the black belt who doesn't buy anything but plain dry-salt hog in hunks and slabs.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘black belt’.
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black phrases/words
Tolkien worked in the black section
of the dictionary at one point in his lifeblack-about, Black Act, black afraid, black Africa, black African, black amber, Black America, Black American, black and blae, black and blue, black angry, black ant and 578 more...
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I Am A Starfish. I Speak With Paint.
List title totally stolen from she. Right, the stock entry for this list should be a two-word phrase where one of the words denotes a colour; even better if the expression has some metaphoric value...
black dog, tangerine dream, orange roughy, blue moon, blackguard, white house, purple rain, grey nurse, green thumb, yellow fever, sacre bleu, palo verde and 159 more...
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smahoney's Words
hello, whatever, tai chi, black belt, google, flickr, taiji, pizza, spaghetti, mandala, wushu, medieval and 4 more...
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