- a long narrow piece of leather, cloth, etc. that you wear around the middle part of your body
- to do up/fasten/tighten a belt
- a belt buckle
- a studded leather belt
- Around his waist he wore a belt.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- narrow
- wide
- thick
- …
- buckle
- do up
- fasten
- …
- buckle
- loop
- holster
- …
- a continuous band of material that moves round and is used to carry things along or to drive a machine see also conveyor belt, fan beltTopics Engineeringc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- conveyor
- drive
- fan
- …
- a narrow area or an area around the edge of something that has particular characteristics
- the country’s corn/industrial belt
- We live in the commuter belt.
- a narrow belt of trees
- a belt of rain moving across the country
- Towns in the country's industrial belt were particularly affected by the recession.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- narrow
- …
- belt of
- (informal) an act of hitting something/somebody hard
- She gave the ball a terrific belt.
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’.
Idioms
See belt in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee belt in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbelow the belt
- (of a remark) unfair or cruel
- That was distinctly below the belt!
belt and braces
- (informal) taking more actions than are really necessary to make sure that something succeeds or works as it should
- a belt-and-braces policy
More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spick and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
have something under your belt
- (informal) to have already achieved or obtained something
- She already has a couple of good wins under her belt.
tighten your belt
- to spend less money because there is less available
- With price increases on most goods, everyone is having to tighten their belt.
- There is a need for further belt-tightening.
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