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Meaning Of Belt

  1. n.
    That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
  2. n.
    That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
  3. n.
    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.
  4. n.
    Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
  5. n.
    One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
  6. n.
    A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
  7. n.
    A token or badge of knightly rank.
  8. n.
    A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
  9. n.
    A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
  10. v. t.
    To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
  11. v. t.
    To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.



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