Usually means: Region of industrial decline, Midwest.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. rust belt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rust belt: Merriam-Webster
  3. Rust Belt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rust belt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rust belt: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Rust-Belt, rust-belt: Wordnik
  7. Rust Belt, rust-belt, rust belt: Wiktionary
  8. rust belt: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Rust Belt, rust-belt: Dictionary.com
  10. Rust Belt, Rust belt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. rust-belt, rust belt: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rust Belt, rust-belt: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rust-belt, rust belt: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rust belt: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Rust belt)

noun:  (informal) A region straddling the Northeastern and East North Central United States that has undergone economic decline and population loss due to the shrinking of its once powerful industrial sector.
noun:  Alternative form of rustbelt [A region of dilapidated or former manufacturing concerns.]

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