1. Noun
That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
2. Noun
That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
3. Noun
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. Noun
Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
5. Noun
One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
6. Noun
A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
7. Noun
A token or badge of knightly rank.
8. Noun
A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
9. Noun
A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
10. Verb
To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
11. Verb
To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.
12. Noun
an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure"
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