How to pronounce “belt”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
• A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
• A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
• Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
• A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
• (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
• (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
• (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
• A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
• A quick drink of liquor.
• (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
• (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
• (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
• (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
• (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To encircle.
• (transitive) To fasten a belt on.
• (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
• (transitive) To hit with a belt.
• (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
• (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
• (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something.
• (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
• (intransitive) To move very fast.

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