Definition of belt

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Belt (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea..

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Belted :: Belted (a.) Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk..
Waist :: Waist (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.
Atoll :: Atoll (n.) A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island..
Conveyor :: Conveyor (n.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope..
Lace :: Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc..
Belt :: Belt (n.) 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..
Roller :: Roller (n.) A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel..
Galaxy :: Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars..
Gearing :: Gearing (n.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery..
Pulley :: Pulley (v. t.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain..
Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
Slide :: Slide (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like..
Xylophone :: Xylophone (n.) An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle..
Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16? or 18? broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac..
Belt :: Belt (n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges..
Wampum :: Wampum (n.) Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament..
Variable :: Variable (n.) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts..
Elastic :: Elastic (n.) An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber..
Belt :: Belt (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds..
Belt :: Belt (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround..
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