belt
Signification (English)
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- A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A quick drink of liquor.
- A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
- A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface and/or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.
Concepts
Synonyms
waist-band
belt ammunition
belted ammunition
cloth girdle
leather belt
leather strap
parcel of land
rip out
stomacher
fare-stage
ice belt
piece of ground
piece of land
strike hard
woven belt
scissors maneuver
scissors manoeuvre
cingule
fasten one’s seat belt
waist’s belt
thump out
waist-belt
zone in general
territorial dominion
hide rope
clotheating moth
leading tape
advertising strip
laplap
support belt
drive belt
driving belt
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/bɛlt/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti (“belt”).
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