'Belt' definitions:
Definition of 'belt'
From: WordNet
noun
Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
noun
A band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
noun
An elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure"
noun
A vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt]
noun
A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) [syn: swath, belt]
noun
Ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun [syn: belt, belt ammunition, belted ammunition]
noun
verb
Sing loudly and forcefully [syn: belt out, belt]
verb
Deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent"
verb
Fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers" [ant: unbelt]
Definition of 'Belt'
From: GCIDE
- Belt \Belt\ (b[e^]lt), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw. b[aum]lte, Dan. b[ae]lte, OHG. balz, L. balteus, Ir. & Gael. balt border, belt.]
- 1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. [1913 Webster]
- The shining belt with gold inlaid. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle. [1913 Webster]
- He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Arch.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Astron.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Mech.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
- Note: [See Illust. of Pulley.] [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. [1913 Webster]
- Belt lacing, thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Belt'
From: GCIDE
- Belt \Belt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belted; p. pr. & vb. n. Belting.] To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. [1913 Webster]
- A coarse black robe belted round the waist. --C. Reade. [1913 Webster]
- They belt him round with hearts undaunted. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'belt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adhesive tape,
- airspace,
- anklet,
- Appleton layer,
- area,
- arm,
- armlet,
- baldric,
- band,
- bandage,
- bandolier,
- bang,
- bar,
- bash,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- bat,
- batten,
- bay,
- bayou,
- beat,
- beating,
- bed,
- bedding,
- begird,
- belabor,
- bellyband,
- belt,
- belt in,
- bend,
- biff,
- bight,
- bind,
- bind up,
- birch,
- blacksnake,
- blast,
- blow,
- boca,
- bonk,
- bop,
- brace,
- bracelet,
- breechclout,
- buffet,
- bullwhack,
- bullwhip,
- bundle,
- cane,
- cat,
- cellophane tape,
- cestus,
- chain,
- chemosphere,
- chop,
- cinch,
- cincture,
- cingulum,
- circle,
- circuit,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- cloth tape,
- clout,
- club,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- collar,
- collarband,
- confines,
- continental shelf,
- corridor,
- couche,
- country,
- course,
- cove,
- cowhide,
- crack,
- craze,
- creek,
- crop,
- cudgel,
- cummerbund,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- department,
- dhoti,
- diaper,
- dig,
- dint,
- district,
- division,
- do up,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- earring,
- ecliptic,
- encincture,
- encircle,
- engird,
- ensphere,
- environs,
- equator,
- estuary,
- euripus,
- F layer,
- fascia,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- fillet,
- finger ring,
- fjord,
- flagellate,
- flagellum,
- flail,
- flog,
- floor,
- friction tape,
- frith,
- fusillade,
- fustigate,
- gallery,
- gird,
- girdle,
- girt,
- girth,
- give a whipping,
- give the stick,
- great circle,
- ground,
- gulf,
- gut,
- harbor,
- heartland,
- Heaviside-Kennelly layer,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- hoop,
- horsewhip,
- inlet,
- ionosphere,
- isothermal region,
- jab,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- knout,
- kurbash,
- kyle,
- lace,
- land,
- lash,
- lath,
- lay on,
- layer,
- leash,
- ledge,
- let have it,
- level,
- lick,
- ligula,
- ligule,
- list,
- loch,
- loincloth,
- loinguard,
- loop,
- lower atmosphere,
- masking tape,
- measures,
- milieu,
- moocha,
- mouth,
- Mystik tape,
- napkins,
- narrow,
- narrow seas,
- narrows,
- natural harbor,
- neckband,
- necklace,
- neighborhood,
- nose ring,
- offshore rights,
- outer atmosphere,
- overlayer,
- overstory,
- part,
- parts,
- paste,
- pelt,
- perimeter,
- photosphere,
- pistol-whip,
- place,
- plank,
- plastic tape,
- plunk,
- poke,
- pommel,
- pound,
- precincts,
- premises,
- pummel,
- punch,
- purlieus,
- put across,
- put over,
- quarter,
- quirt,
- quoit,
- rap,
- rawhide,
- razor strap,
- reach,
- region,
- ribband,
- ribbon,
- ring,
- road,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- rope,
- salient,
- sash,
- Scotch tape,
- scourge,
- seam,
- section,
- shelf,
- shred,
- sjambok,
- slam,
- slat,
- slip,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- soil,
- sound,
- space,
- spank,
- spill,
- splice,
- spline,
- stage,
- step,
- story,
- strait,
- straits,
- strake,
- strap,
- stratosphere,
- stratum,
- streak,
- streaking,
- stretch,
- stria,
- striation,
- striature,
- striga,
- strike,
- strike at,
- striola,
- strip,
- stripe,
- striping,
- stroke,
- strop,
- substratosphere,
- substratum,
- superstratum,
- swaddle,
- swat,
- swath,
- swathe,
- swing,
- swinge,
- swipe,
- switch,
- taenia,
- tape,
- tape measure,
- tapeline,
- tattoo,
- terrain,
- territory,
- thickness,
- thong,
- thrash,
- three-mile limit,
- thump,
- thwack,
- ticker tape,
- tie,
- tie up,
- tier,
- topsoil,
- tract,
- tropopause,
- troposphere,
- trounce,
- truncheon,
- truss,
- twelve-mile limit,
- twine around,
- underlayer,
- understory,
- understratum,
- upper atmosphere,
- Van Allen belt,
- vicinage,
- vicinity,
- waist belt,
- waistband,
- waistcloth,
- wallop,
- whack,
- whale,
- wham,
- whip,
- whiplash,
- whop,
- wire,
- wrap,
- wrap up,
- wreathe,
- wreathe around,
- wristband,
- wristlet,
- yerk,
- zodiac,
- zone
Belt, MT -- U.S. city in Montana
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Belt, MT -- U.S. city in Montana
Population (2000) :
633
Housing Units (2000) :
295
Land area (2000) :
0.337242 sq. miles (0.873452 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.337242 sq. miles (0.873452 sq. km)
FIPS code :
05275
Located within :
Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location :
47.385935 N, 110.926587 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
59412
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Belt'
- Belted,
- Belting,
- below the belt,
- belt down,
- belt out,
- belt up,
- Belt lacing,
- Belt pulley,
- Belt punch,
- Belt, MT,
- Belted cattle,
- Black belt,
- Cartridge belt,
- Chain belt,
- Fog belt,
- Safety belt,
- Shot belt,
- Shoulder belt,
- Stacking belt,
- Sword belt,
- asteroid belt,
- belt along,
- belt ammunition,
- belt bag,
- belt buckle,
- belt maker,
- belted ammunition,
- belted kingfisher,
- belted sandfish,
- bible belt,
- borscht belt,
- borsht belt,
- conveyer belt,
- conveyor belt,
- corn belt,
- cotton belt,
- driving belt,
- fan belt,
- garter belt,
- kuiper belt,
- life belt,
- marine belt,
- money belt,
- seat belt,
- stockbroker belt,
- suspender belt,
- Quarter turn belt,
- belt-fed,
- belt-like,
- belt-shaped,
- kuiper belt object,
- sam browne belt,
- tighten one's belt,
- van allen belt,
- edgeworth-kuiper belt,
- three-mile belt