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Definition: Belt |
BeltNoun1. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys. 2. A band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist). 3. An elongated region where a specific condition is found; "a belt of high pressure". 4. A vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head". 5. A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing). 6. The act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack". Verb1. Sing loudly and forcefully. 2. Deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent". 3. Fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "belt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream that you have a new style belt, denotes you are soon to meet and make engagements with a stranger, which will demoralize your prosperity. If it is out of date, you will be meritedly censured for rudeness. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | The number of layers of insulation on a conductor or number of layers of jacket on a cable. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | A large feature of pack ice arrangement: longer than it is wide: from 1 km to more than 100 km in width. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Two, or multiples of two, layers of tyre-cord fabric beneath the tread, lying at opposite angles close to the circumferential direction, with or without an additional layer with cord angle at 90o to the circumferential direction. Its purpose is to brace the carcase of a radial-ply tyre to stabilize and control its directional properties. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Belt To hit below the belt. To strike unfairly. It is prohibited in prize-fighting to hit below the waistbelt. To call men knaves and fools, to charge a man with nepotism, to make a slanderous report which is not actionable, indeed to take away a man's character in any way where self-defence is impossible, is "hitting him below the belt." "Lord Salisbury hits hard, but never hits below the belt."- Daily Telegraph, November, 1885. To hold the belt. To be the champion. In pugilism, etc., a belt is passed on to the champion. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | The flexible connection used for lifting the tup. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. See:link-plate belt b. Can. Regional surface zone along which mines and prospects occur c. A continuous strap or band for transmitting power from one wheel to another, or (rarely) to a shaft, by friction. See also:stitched canvas conveyor belt d. A zone or band of a particular kind of rock strata exposed on the surface. CF:zonee. An elongated area of mineralization. (references) |
Physics | The optically central portion of a fixed lens, consisting of a refracting element of annular shape and lenticular cross-section. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A belt is a flexible band made of either leather or a type of cloth worn around the waist, generally serving the purpose of supporting clothing items, in particular trousers, that would otherwise become too loose, and/or for the purpose of decoration. At one end of the belt is a belt buckle that is fashioned onto the other end of the belt. The other end of the belt contains several holes, into which a prong (which is part of the buckle) may be inserted to for the purpose of securing the belt. Sometimes there is a clamp system so that no holes are needed.
In western civilizations, males insert the belt through the pant loops in a counter-clockwise manner (if looking upon from above) and female tend to insert the belt through the pant loops in a clockwise manner.
A variant of the belt is the utility belt, which includes pockets for carrying items that the wearer needs for prompt use and loops to hang larger items. Police officers, soldiers and repair personnel are typical roles which use this kind of belt. The most famous fictional example is Batman's utility belt.
Sash
Another variant is the sash, which is a cloth belt designed to hold a robe together. A sash is usually tied about the waist.
The Japanese equivalent of a sash, which is used for a kimono or yukata, is called an obi. Obi are generally worn differently depending on the occasion.
Sashes are traditionally part of formal military attire, and some decorations, such as the Legion d'honneur are worn with a special sash.
In South and Latin America, the president's authority is indicated by a special Presidential sash.
Decorative sashes may pass from the shoulder to the hip rather than around the waist.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Belt."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Belt is a city located in Cascade County, Montana. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 633.Geography
Belt is located at 47°23'9" North, 110°55'36" West (47.385935, -110.926587)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 633 people, 273 households, and 168 families residing in the city. The population density is 718.8/km² (1,877.0/mi²). There are 295 housing units at an average density of 335.0/km² (874.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.94% White, 1.42% African American, 1.42% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.32% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 1.74% from two or more races. 1.11% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 273 households out of which 28.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% are married couples living together, 8.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% are non-families. 35.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 18.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.32 and the average family size is 3.03. In the city the population is spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $25,469, and the median income for a family is $30,104. Males have a median income of $21,477 versus $20,192 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,970. 12.9% of the population and 10.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 19.8% are under the age of 18 and 16.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Belt, Montana."
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The Great Belt (Danish:Storebælt) is a strait between the main Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. Since 1997 the islands are connected by the Great Belt Bridge.
See also: Small Belt
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Great Belt."
Synonyms: BeltSynonyms: bang (n), bash (n), knock (n), rap (n), smash (n), swath (n), whack (n), whang (n), belt out (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unbelt (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circularity | Circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo. |
Circumjacence | Verb: lie around; adVerb: surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird; skirt, twine round; hem in; (circumscribe). |
Gulf Lake | Noun: land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou, fiord, armlet; frith, firth, ostiary, mouth; lagune, lagoon; indraught; cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; Euripus; sound, belt, gut, kyles; continental slope, continental shelf. |
Outline | Zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt; cordon; (inclosure); circlet,. |
Refuge | Means of escape; (escape) lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket; parachute, plank, steppingstone; emergency landing. |
Jury mast; vent-peg; safety valve, blow-off valve; safety lamp; lightning rod, lightning conductor; safety belt, airbag, seat belt; antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires. | |
World | Constellation, zodiac, signs of the zodiac, Charles's wain, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Great Bear, Southern Cross, Orion's belt, Cassiopea's chair, Pleiades. |
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Screenplays | Right below the belt every time (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht) Punching below the belt is not only all right, it's rewarded (Swimming With Sharks; writing credit: George Huang) All right, son: roll them guns up, count the money, and put your seat belt on. (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Where did you get the cool belt, Buzz (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter) Gotta go with the belt, there (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck) | |
Lyrics | When the belt buckle loosen up, undress me (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat) We live the belt but I can bleed (Tucker’s Town; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) Let the Bible Belt come and ("Jack and Diane"; performing artist: John Cougar Mellencamp) | |
Clever | Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Black Belt Jones (1974) Below the Belt (1971) Safety Belt for Susie (1962) Gun Belt (1953) | |
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 | Seat belt use for injury prevention. Credit: CDC. |  | The record bonito, Tuna Club 1908, caught with rod and reel. This fish, which weighed 22 pounds, fought for more than an hour. Note angler's belt with socket for rod butt. In: "Sport Fishing in California and Florida," by Charles F. Holder. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVIII 1908, Part I, p. 207 Plate II. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | "A fresh breeze in the west wind belt." In: "The South Pole", by Roald Amundsen, 1872-1928. P. 152, Volume I, Library Call Number M82.1/99 A529s. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Archaeologist examining the area under the MONITOR's armor belt. Credit: Sanctuaries. |
 | Figure 36. Current meter invented by Jacob Peter Jacobsen in 1909. Left: view of the assembled unit. Right from top to bottom: bubble levels; sample bucket. This instrument was used by Jacobsen for many years. He first tested it in the Grand Belt from the vessel THOR in 1909. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 3. Petersen's net for young fish devised by C. G. Johan Petersen in 1902. Left: view of the net. Right: view of the connectors. This net was designed to capture the young of commercial species for further study. It was tested about 1902 at the Small Belt on board the SALLINGSUND, the ship of the Danish biological station. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Rock climbing in the Gold Belt National Back Country Byway. Credit: Unknown. |  | Sheep drive on Shelf Road along the Gold Belt National Back Country Byway. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Medicine - Military - Equipment : Medical belt. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Underway in a consolidated ice belt, northeast of Point Barrow, Alaska, during "DEW" Line support operations, 11 September 1955. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "Great Belt bridge" by Jan Sundstedt Commentary: "The Bridge across the Great Belt in Denmark." | "Belt 3" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Belt." |
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 | Pulling out a seat belt in the car and buckling it. |
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Bill Hicks | Supreme Court says pornography is anything without artistic merit that causes sexual thought, that's their definition, essentially. No artistic merit, causes sexual thought. Hmm. Sounds like...every commercial on television, doesn't it? You know, when I see those two twins on that Doublemint commercial? I'm not thinking of gum. I am thinking of chewing, maybe that's the connection they're trying to make. What? You've all seen that Busch beer commercial, where the girl in the short hot pants opens the beer bottle on her belt buckle, leaves it there, and it foams over her hand and over the bottle and the voice over goes, "Get yourself a BUSCH." Hmm. You know what that looks like, nah, no way. |
Katharine Hepburn | Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer. |
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Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | As a duck with his eyelids, so he with his nose Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | After having crossed the belt of the multitude and passed the fringe of troops, he found himself in the midst of something terrible |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | That was a belt round his pocket |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | On a Sam Browne belt a pistol holster hung, and a big silver star was pinned to his shirt at the left breast |
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Health | The external monitor uses transducers secured to the mother's abdomen by an elastic belt. One transducer records the baby's heart rate by a sensitive microphone called a doppler. (references) | |
An ongoing eradication campaign has dramatically reduced the incidence of dracunculiasis, which is now restricted to rural, isolated areas in a narrow belt of African countries and Yemen. (references) | ||
In the United States, the highest incidence of histoplasmosis occurs in a region often referred to as the "Histo Belt," where up to 90 percent of the adult population has been infected by histoplasmosis. (references) | ||
Business | This opened up a major area to Oslo's heavily populated southern commuter belt, which did not want to travel as much as 70 miles to Gardermoen. (references) | |
There are nine major cities with more than 250,000 inhabitants and they are the Romanian government priorities in the field of building-up belt roads in order to protect the population from traffic pollution. (references) | ||
However, foreign firms must be able to offer prices competitive with Asian manufacturers on municipal wastewater treatment equipment (some requested equipment types include, metallic and non-metallic chain scrubbers, centrifugal pumps, continuous belt filter press and sludge thickeners, and anaerobic digestion systems). (references) | ||
Economic History | Philippines | Climate: Tropical, astride typhoon belt. (references) |
Syria | Terrain: Narrow coastal plain with a double mountain belt in the west; large, semiarid and desert plateau to the east. (references) | |
Ghana | The eastern coastal belt is warm and comparatively dry; the southwest corner, hot and humid; and the north, hot and dry. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | The hospital porter found him in the police car with the seat belt wrapped around his neck. (references) |
Minorities | Nigeria | Both Muslims and Christians are found in large numbers in the Middle Belt. (references) |
Nigeria | The Ijaw of the South Delta are the fifth largest group, followed by Kanuri in the far northeast, and the Tiv in the Middle Belt. (references) | |
Political Rights | Suriname | Most of the country's political activity takes place in the capital and a narrow belt running east and west of it along the coast. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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John Hartmann | Nothing specific. I'm just saying, it's quite obvious we're all in the conveyer belt to the corporate abattoir. |
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| "Belt" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.98% of the time. "Belt" is used about 1,788 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.98% | 1,716 | 4,890 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.84% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.51% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.45% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (common) | 0.22% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,788 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "belt" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Belt | Last name | 4,000 | 3,340 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| China | Shanghai Rubber Belt Co., Ltd. | South Korea | Dongil Rubber Belt Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Belt, MT (city, FIPS 5275) |
Expressions using "belt": abdominal belt ♦ ammunition belt ♦ asteroid belt ♦ auroral belt ♦ below the belt ♦ belt along ♦ belt bag ♦ belt buckle ♦ belt conveyor ♦ belt down ♦ belt driven compressor ♦ belt highway ♦ belt hook ♦ Belt lacing ♦ belt line ♦ belt maker ♦ belt marks ♦ belt of a fixed lens ♦ belt of equatorial calms ♦ belt of fire ♦ belt of fluctuation of water table ♦ belt of phreatic fluctuation ♦ belt on ♦ belt or zone ♦ belt out ♦ belt out a song ♦ belt past ♦ Belt pulley ♦ Belt punch ♦ belt sanding machine ♦ belt tensioning idler pulley ♦ belt the grape ♦ belt tightener ♦ belt type conveyor ♦ belt up ♦ belt up! ♦ belt weather kit ♦ bible belt ♦ black belt ♦ blow below the belt ♦ cartridge belt ♦ chain belt ♦ chastity belt ♦ circumpacific belt of volcanoes ♦ commuter belt ♦ conveyer belt ♦ conveyor belt ♦ corn Belt ♦ cotton belt ♦ cross belt ♦ doldrum belt ♦ driving belt ♦ endless belt ♦ fan belt ♦ fasten one's seat belt ♦ flat belt ♦ Fog belt ♦ forest shelter belt ♦ fringe belt ♦ garter belt ♦ green belt ♦ hernia belt ♦ hit below the belt ♦ Iron Belt ♦ leather belt ♦ life belt ♦ lifting belt ♦ link belt ♦ loading belt ♦ marine belt ♦ money belt ♦ mouse belt ♦ Orion's belt ♦ poverty belt ♦ protective belt ♦ quarter turn belt ♦ radiation belt ♦ rain belt ♦ rat belt ♦ remove the belt ♦ respiratory belt ♦ sacroiliac belt ♦ safety belt ♦ sam browne belt ♦ sanitary belt ♦ seat belt ♦ shelter belt ♦ shot belt ♦ shoulder belt ♦ stacking belt ♦ subtropical high pressure belt ♦ suspender belt ♦ sword belt ♦ the black belt ♦ throwing off belt ♦ tighten one's belt ♦ under one's belt ♦ van Allen belt ♦ vee belt ♦ waist belt ♦ wear a belt. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "belt": belt-across-the-chops, belt-and-braces, belt-buckle, belt-busting, belt-cum-tape, belt-drive, belt-driven, belt-joining, belt-loop, belt-plates, belt-saw, belt-stud, belt-tightening, belt-up, belt-vibrators, belt-way, belt-zone. | |
Ending with "belt": black-belt, conveyor-belt, safety-belt, seat-belt. | |
Containing "belt": green-belt area, tractor-belt-driven. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
belt | 1,441 | belt drive | 183 |
belt buckle | 1,221 | western belt buckle | 162 |
chastity belt | 1,218 | serpentine belt | 160 |
garter belt | 998 | safety seat belt | 148 |
seat belt | 651 | tool belt | 145 |
man belt | 430 | golf belt | 140 |
timing belt | 424 | chasity belt | 115 |
conveyor belt | 405 | championship belt | 113 |
leather belt | 356 | asteroid belt | 109 |
seat belt law | 279 | designer belt man | 105 |
money belt | 241 | wwe belt | 102 |
wrestling belt | 236 | link belt | 101 |
gucci belt | 229 | designer belt | 100 |
six sigma black belt | 221 | man dress belt | 95 |
v belt | 214 | ribbon belt | 92 |
womens belt | 209 | cowboy belt buckle | 92 |
western belt | 195 | male chastity belt | 91 |
belt sander | 189 | black belt magazine | 90 |
black belt | 183 | man golf belt | 90 |
gate belt | 183 | timing belt pulley | 87 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "belt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | gordel (girdle, zone). (various references) | |
Albanian | brez (band, cincture, descent, generation, girdle, remove, sash, scarf, streak), zonë (area, electorate, field, pale, precinct, range, region, section, zone), rrip transmisioni, rrip (band, bandeau, cincture, cleat, girdle, leash, riband, ribbon, slat, spline, strap, streak, strip, tape, thong, trace, waist belt), lidh me rrip (band, fillet, strap, tape), fishkulloj. (various references) | |
Arabic | نطاق (circle, limit, scope), نطاق (ambit, area, compass, extension, field, framework, range, sash, stretcher, way, width, zone), لكمة (chap, jab, knocking, punch, sock, swing, swipe, uppercut, wallop), غنى بقوة, حزام (band, belly-band, girdle, girth, sash, strap, waistband, webbing, zone), زنار, طوق (band, be hemmed in, besiege, cincture, circle, circumvent, clip, collar, compass, corral, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, entrench, envelop, fret, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, hoop, impale, inclose, include, invest, outflank, ring, round, strap, surround, take off, zone), ضربة (bang, beating, biff, blow, bob, bump, chap, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, shot, smack, sock, strike, stroke, tank, thrust, wipe), جلد (belabour, birch, curry, cut, drub, drubbing, endurance, flagellation, flog, flogging, fortitude, gladiatorial, hide, integument, lacing, lambaste, lash, lashing, leather, licking, pasting, patience, scourge, self control, skin, slash, slashing, stamina, sting, sufferance, switch, tan, thrash, thump, toleration, trounce, whip, whipping), السير حزام, ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant). (various references) | |
Asturian | cinchu. (various references) | |
Bemba | umushipi. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | amáíipssim. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ремък (band, brace, cinch, lanyard, strap, thong), тесен пролив (gut, neck, sound), колан (cinch, cincture, girdle, waist belt), поясен (zone), пояс (cincture, girdle, sash, waistband, zone). (various references) | |
Catalan | cinturó (girdle). (various references) | |
Cebuano | bakus. (various references) | |
Chamorro | sinturón. (various references) | |
Chinese | 传送带, 帶子 (band), 帶 (and, area, band, bring, carry, consists of, girdle, lead, region, ribbon, show, wear, zone). (various references) | |
Cornish | grügys. (various references) | |
Czech | pásek (strap). (various references) | |
Danish | bælte (girdle, zone). (various references) | |
Dutch | riem (girdle, oar, strap, zone), gordel (girdle, zone), ceintuur (girdle, zone). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | chunpi (woman's woven belt). (various references) | |
Esperanto | zono (girdle, zone). (various references) | |
Faeroese | belti (zone). (various references) | |
Farsi | محاصره ردن , کمربند (Fascia, Girdle, Sash, Waist, Waistline, Zone), تسمه (Bail, Halter, Hoop, Lash, Ribbon, Strop, Thong), شلاق زدن (Baste, Beat, Belabor, Cat, Horse, Horsewhip, Leather, Thong, Wallop, Welt, Whip, Whiplash), بندچرمی (Leather, Strap), بستن (Assess, Attach, Bang, Bar, Bind, Bloc, Block, Blockade, Choke, Clasp, Coagulate, Congeal, Cork, Curdle, Gird, Hasp, Impute, Jam, Jell, Knit, Obturate, Padlock, Pen, Picket, Plug, Seal, Shut, Steek, Tighten, Truss, Wattle), باشدت حرکت یاعمل کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | vyö (girdle, sash, waist-band). (various references) | |
French | ceinture (safety belt, seat belt), courroie. (various references) | |
Frisian | mulbân (girdle, zone). (various references) | |
German | Gürtel (belts, cordon, girdle, girdles), Gurt (girder, girdle, girth, strap), Riemen (band, leather shoelace, oar, prick, shoulder strap, sling, strap, straps, thong, thongs), Zone (area, east germany, fare stage, zone), Treibriemen (driving belt), Tiefschlag (deep hit), Band (assembly line, band, bond, cement, connection, conveyor belt, frequency band, group, hoop, lace, league, ligament, ligated, line, reel, ribbon, strap, string, stripe, tape, tie, track, volume, wavelength). (various references) | |
Greek | ζώνη (band, cincture, cordon, girdle, sash, shingles, truss, waistband, zone), ιμάντας (strap), λουρί (collar, lashing, lead, leash, thong), ταινία (band, banderol, banderole, cordon, fillet, film, movie, ribbon, strip, stripe, tape, tapeworm). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חגורה (girdle, girth). (various references) | |
Hungarian | öv (cincture, girdle, zone), zóna (band, precinct, zone), szíj (chafing-mat, strap, thong), sáv (area, band, bar, blaze, lane, Ray, ribbon, sector, streak, stretch, strip, stripe, tracking, trail, zone), nadrágszíj, övezet (girdle, resort, zone). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ban (tyre, TYRE TREAD), sabuk (rim), melingkari (encircle, encompass), ikat pinggang (waistband). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | tiriksiuti. (various references) | |
Irish | beilt (girdle), crios (zone). (various references) | |
Italian | cintura (cincture, girdle, waistband, zone), cinghia (strap). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 胴締め (scissors maneuver), 調べ革 , サンケア指数 (carefree, Saint-Simonism, San Diego, sand, sandal, sandwich, sandwich man, Sankei Sports, Sanskrit, sans-souci, Santa Clara, Santa Claus, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Maria, soundtrack, sun deck, sun protection index, sundae, sunset, sunshade, sunshine, suntan, suntan oil, Suntory, Suntory Hall, syndicalism, syndicalist, thunder, thunderbird), 三尺帯 (cloth girdle, obi, waistband), 三尺 (3 Japanese feet, cloth girdle, waistband), 下紐 (undersash). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | したひも (undersash), しらべがわ, さんじゃくおび (cloth girdle, obi, waistband), さんじゃく (3 Japanese feet, cloth girdle, waistband), どうじめ (scissors maneuver), サンチュール . (various references) | |
Kongo | nsinga wa luketo. (various references) | |
Korean | 벨트. (various references) | |
Macedonian | kaish. (various references) | |
Manx | fent (cummerbund, waistband), cur cryss er (band, girdle), cryssey (gird), cryss yiarn (armour belt, belting), cryss (inkle, sash, strap, zone). (various references) | |
Maori | whiitiki-ria. (various references) | |
Maya | kax-nak. (various references) | |
Mohawk | atya'tanha. (various references) | |
Norwegian | belte (girdle). (various references) | |
Occitan | cenchon (sword-belt), cencha. (various references) | |
Papago | giwud. (various references) | |
Papiamen | zona (sound, zone), faha (girdle, zone). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eltbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | correia (laniard, lanyard, leash, strap, thong, whang), cintura (cincture, girdle, middle, waist, waistline), cinto (body-belt, cincture, girdle, waistband). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | correia. (various references) | |
Provencal | cencha. (various references) | |
Romanian | brâu (band, cincture, girdle, girth, list, streak, strip, waist, waistband, zone), brânã, zonã (area, country, digging, district, neighborhood, neighbourhood, parish, patch, province, sector, space, surface, zone), regiune (country, demesne, field, limit, neighborhood, neighbourhood, pale, parish, part, place, province, region, zone), curea de transmisie, curea (girdle, lanyard, leash, leather, sling, strap, thong), cordon (cord, cordon, girdle, rim, strap, string), cingãtoare (Baldric, girdle), centurã (cincture, flange, girdle, waist lock), centiron (sword belt). (various references) | |
Romansch | tschinta. (various references) | |
Romany | kaìsi. (various references) | |
Ruanda | umusipi. (various references) | |
Russian | ремень (leather, sling, strap, thong), лента ленточный (ribbon), бандаж (bandage, jockstrap, jock-strap, truss, tyre), пояс (cincture, corset, garrter belt, girdle, girth, waistband, zone), портупея (shoulder belt, sword belt, swordbelt, sword-belt). (various references) | |
Samoan | fusipau. (various references) | |
Scottish | bann (a belt, band, cord; hinge; girth), crios (a belt, girdle, girth). (various references) | |
Sepedi | lepanta. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zona (area, zone), udariti (bang, bash, bat, beat, bump, clock, clout, conk, drive in, hack, hit, jog, knock, paw, percuss, poke, punch, ram, rap, shock, strike, stub, swipe, wallop, whack), remen (shoulder strap, strap), pojas (girdle, sash, waist, waistband, zone), opasati (begird, gird, surcingle), opaliti (burn, discharge, fire, go off), kaiš (safety-strip, skiver, strap). (various references) | |
Spanish | correa (band, lead, leash, purlin, strap, thong, trace), cinturón (girdle, girth, waistband), cinto (cincture, girdle). (various references) | |
Sranan | sinta (girdle). (various references) | |
Swedish | bälte (cincture, girdle, zone), rem (girdle, lead, strap, zone). (various references) | |
Tagalog | sinturón (girdle). (various references) | |
Thai | เข็มขัดนิรภัย (safety belt), ประหยัดมาก (tighten one's belt), ประหยัด (economical, economize, economize on, frugal, save, tighten one's belt). (various references) | |
Turkish | kemer (arch, archway, band, cincture, cove, cummerbund, fascia, girdle, strap, vaulting, waistband, zone), bölge (area, circumscription, climate, corner, department, district, division, latitude, parts, phase, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, sky, territory, tract, ward, zone). (various references) | |
Turkmen | bilguюak (girdle, sash), bilbag, zolak (band, bar), guюak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сікти ременем, стукнути (bang), смуга (skirt, stripe, weal, width), ремінь (band, strap, strop, thong), район (area, borough, circuit, circumference, circumscription, neighborhood, neighbourhood, quarter, radius, rayon, region, zone), кулеметна стрічка, корсет (busk, corset, corslet), вузька протока (narrow, neck), затягувати поясом, підперізувати (begirdle, gird, girdle), поясок (band, cincture), портупея (swordbelt). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | dây lưng (cincture). (various references) | |
Welsh | gwregys (girdle, truss, zone). (various references) | |
Yucatec | k'axab nak' (girdle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | dara, mer, a-ga-du. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | balteis, balteo, balteos, balteum, cingulo, cingulum, circuli, circulis, circulo, circulos, circulum, circulus, zona, zonam, zonis. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | belt. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "belt": belted, belter, belters, belting, beltings, beltless, beltline, beltlines, belts, beltway, beltways. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "belt": flybelt, greenbelt, seatbelt, shelterbelt, snowbelt, sunbelt, unbelt. (additional references) | |
Words containing "belt": flybelts, greenbelts, seatbelts, shelterbelts, snowbelts, sunbelts, unbelted, unbelting, unbelts. (additional references) | |
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"Belt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Balt, Balta, balti, balto, balut, bealt, beel, beeli, Beelitz, beelz, behl, beit, bela, beld, Belet, belg, beli, belit, Belk, Bellto, belm, belo, belti, Beltz, belz, beol, beot, bept, beqt, bert, betle, Beult, bilt, bitl, bleg, blej, blete, blewt, brel, bult, byel, bytlm, ebl, elt, ibel, iblet, Qelt, yelt, zelt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "belt" (pronounced be"lt) |
| 3 | -e" l t | celt, dealt, dwelt, felt, knelt, melt, pelt, smelt, svelte, welt. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: blet. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-l-t" | |
-1 letter: bel, bet, let, tel. | |
-2 letters: be, el, et. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-l-t" | |
+1 letter: belts, betel, blate, bleat, blent, blest, blets, blite, bluet, botel, butle, table. | |
+2 letters: ablate, ablest, albeit, albite, ballet, battle, beetle, belted, belter, betels, bethel, billet, bleats, blites, blithe, blivet, bluest, bluets, boatel, bolete, boleti, bolted, bolter, botels, bottle, bullet, bustle, butled, butler, butles, cablet, giblet, goblet, labret, lobate, oblate, riblet, stable, sublet, subtle, tabled, tables, tablet, treble, trebly, tubule, tumble, unbelt. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Cities 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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