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▸ noun: A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
▸ noun: A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
▸ noun: Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
▸ noun: A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
▸ noun: (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
▸ noun: (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
▸ noun: (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
▸ noun: A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
▸ noun: A quick drink of liquor.
▸ noun: (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
▸ noun: (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
▸ noun: (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
▸ noun: (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
▸ noun: (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface 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.
▸ verb: (transitive) To encircle.
▸ verb: (transitive) To fasten a belt on.
▸ verb: (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
▸ verb: (transitive) To hit with a belt.
▸ verb: (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud manner.
▸ verb: (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
▸ verb: (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something.
▸ verb: (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move very fast.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A town in Montana
▸ noun: Ellipsis of Main Asteroid Belt. A region of Solar System [Synonym of main belt]
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