belt: translation
noun
1 narrow piece of leather, etc. worn around the waist
ADJECTIVE
▪ narrow, wide
▪ thick
▪ leather
▪ chain, studded
▪ matching
▪ pants (AmE), trouser (BrE)
▪ garter (AmE), suspender (BrE)
▪ She was wearing a garter belt and stockings.
▪ money, utility (esp.AmE)
▪ ammo (informal, esp. AmE), ammunition, cartridge, gun
▪ bomb, explosive, suicide
▪ sword
VERB + BELT
▪ buckle, do up, fasten
▪ unbuckle, undo, unfasten
▪ tighten
▪ loosen
▪ adjust
BELT + NOUN
▪ buckle, loop
▪ holster
▪ clip
2 in a machine
ADJECTIVE
▪ conveyor, drive, fan, timing
3 area of land
ADJECTIVE
▪ broad, wide
▪ narrow, thin
▪ central
▪ coastal, mountain
▪ corn, cotton, wheat
▪ green (= open land around a city where building is strictly controlled), industrial
▪ New roads are cutting into the green belt.
▪ rust (= an area where industries have closed)
▪ Bible (= where many people have strong Christian beliefs) (in the US)
▪ hurricane
▪ radiation
▪ The space mission provided new data on the Earth's radiation belts.
▪ commuter, stockbroker (both BrE)
PREPOSITION
▪ belt of