1
a
: a strip of flexible material worn especially around the waist as an item of clothing or a means of carrying something (such as tools)
b
: a similar article worn as a corset or for protection or safety or as a symbol of distinction
2
: a continuous band of tough flexible material for transmitting motion and power or conveying materials
3
a
: an area characterized by some distinctive feature (as of culture, habitation, geology, or life forms)
especially
: one suited to a particular crop
the corn belt
b
4
belted; belting; belts
1
a
: to encircle or fasten with a belt
b
: to strap on
3
: to mark with a band
4
: to sing in a forceful manner or style
belting out popular songs
5
: to drink quickly
belted down a shot of whisky
Examples of belt in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a drugstore cowboy who loves his fancily decorated belt
that part of the country is sometimes called "the farm belt" because of the number of farms there
Verb
His bathrobe was loosely belted.
He belted the ball down the fairway.
Some drunk got mad and threatened to belt me.
Noun (2)
delivered a shattering belt to the rock with a hammer
he knocked back a belt of whiskey before leaving
Recent Examples on the Web
ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
Juno has transmitted back thousands of raw images of the belts and zones within the giant planet’s dense clouds that encircle it in the last almost nine years in the Jovian System.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
As if that wasn't enough, the conductor was Grammy Award-winner Steve Sidwell and the songs were belted out by artists including Wicked stage star Kerry Ellis and Sonya Balsara who plays Princess Jasmine in the Broadway version of Aladdin.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Noun
China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near-Earth asteroid and a main belt comet, Space News reports.
—ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
Juno has transmitted back thousands of raw images of the belts and zones within the giant planet’s dense clouds that encircle it in the last almost nine years in the Jovian System.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Verb
One of those is the title song, a big-build power anthem belted to the heavens by singer Aiyana-Lee.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
As if that wasn't enough, the conductor was Grammy Award-winner Steve Sidwell and the songs were belted out by artists including Wicked stage star Kerry Ellis and Sonya Balsara who plays Princess Jasmine in the Broadway version of Aladdin.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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“Belt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belt. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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belt
1 of 3 noun1
: a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around a person's body for holding in or supporting something (as clothing, tools, or weapons) or for ornament
2
: a flexible continuous band running around wheels or pulleys and used for moving or carrying something
a fan belt on a car
3
: a region suited to or producing something or having some special feature
the corn belt
a storm belt
belt
2 of 3 verb1
: to put a belt on or around
2
: to hit hard
belt a home run
3
: to mark with a band
4
: to sing in a forceful way
belt out a song
belt
3 of 3 noun
: a jarring blow
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