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belt
has definitions from the fields of clothing,transportation,music
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[ noun ] (clothing) a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Shot six or eight times the body was draped with Russell 's pistol , belt , and cartridges . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)He found tepid water in a pitcher and a last bit of soap , and he lathered his face and stood stropping the razor on his broad leather belt , its buckle held firm by a knob of the bedpost . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He had thought that the suggestion of taking it himself would tip the colonel in the direction of serving his own order , but the slip_of_paper was folded and absently thrust into the colonel 's belt . |
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[ noun ] (transportation) endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
Used in print (Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)Ice caused the aerator to overload , straining the drive belts . The slippage of the drive belts caused the aerator to slow_down and reduce oxygen transfer as_well_as the mixing of the raw sewage . The added resistance to the rotor damaged the drive belts and reduced the oxygen transfer capacity . It was approximately one month before the belt problem was noticed and corrected , but at no time was there a deficiency of dissolved oxygen . Related terms loop loop conveyer_belt driving_belt fan_belt caterpillar_tread belting |
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[ noun ] an elongated region where a specific condition is found
Examples "a belt of high pressure" Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)The `` leapfrog '' was a phenomenon of the railroad and the steam_turbine , and the time when the belts of residence surrounding the old factory area were not_yet blighted . Related terms region Bible_Belt greenbelt Corn_Belt Van_Allen_belt asteroid_belt |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3340
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