[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

belt \belt\ be^lt, n. as. belt; akin to icel. belti, sw.
   baumlte, dan. baelte, ohg. balz, l. balteus, ir.  gael.
   balt border, belt.
   1. that which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle;
      as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
      1913 webster

            the shining belt with gold inlaid.    --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. that which restrains or confines as a girdle.
      1913 webster

            he cannot buckle his distempered cause
            within the belt of rule.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster

   4. arch. same as band, n., 2. a very broad band is more
      properly termed a belt.
      1913 webster

   5. astron. one of certain girdles or zones on the surface
      of the planets jupiter and saturn, supposed to be of the
      nature of clouds.
      1913 webster

   6. geog. a narrow passage or strait; as, the great belt and
      the lesser belt, leading to the baltic sea.
      1913 webster

   7. her. a token or badge of knightly rank.
      1913 webster

   8. mech. a band of leather, or other flexible substance,
      passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from
      one to the other.

   note: see illust. of pulley.
         1913 webster

   9. nat. hist. a band or stripe, as of color, round any
      organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
      1913 webster

   belt lacing, thongs used for lacing together the ends of
      machine belting.
      1913 webster
see also:
band pulley belt lacing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

belt \belt\, v. t. imp.  p. p. belted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   belting.
   to encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to
   surround.
   1913 webster

         a coarse black robe belted round the waist. --c. reade.
   1913 webster

         they belt him round with hearts undaunted.
                                                  --wordsworth.
   1913 webster

   2. to shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. prov. eng.
      --halliwell.
      1913 webster
see also:
belted belting 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

belt
     n 1: endless loop of flexible material between two rotating
          shafts or pulleys
     2: a band to tie or buckle around the body usually at the
        waist
     3: an elongated region where a specific condition is found; "a
        belt of high pressure"
     4: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
        bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" syn:
         knock, bash, bang, smash
     5: a path or strip as cut by one course of mowing syn: swath
     6: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
        syn: knock, rap, whack, whang
     v 1: sing loudly and forcefully syn: belt out
     2: deliver a blow to; "he belted his opponent"
     3: fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers" ant: unbelt
see also:
knock bash bang smash swath rap 
whack whang belt out unbelt 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

344 moby thesaurus words for "belt":
   appleton layer, f layer, heaviside-kennelly layer, mystik tape,
   scotch tape, van allen belt, adhesive tape, airspace, anklet, area,
   arm, armlet, baldric, band, bandage, bandolier, bang, bar, bash,
   baste, bastinado, bat, batten, bay, bayou, beat, beating, bed,
   bedding, begird, belabor, bellyband, belt, belt in, bend, biff,
   bight, bind, bind up, birch, blacksnake, blast, blow, boca, bonk,
   bop, brace, bracelet, breechclout, buffet, bullwhack, bullwhip,
   bundle, cane, cat, cellophane tape, cestus, chain, chemosphere,
   chop, cinch, cincture, cingulum, circle, circuit, clap, clip,
   clobber, cloth tape, clout, club, clump, coldcock, collar,
   collarband, confines, continental shelf, corridor, couche, country,
   course, cove, cowhide, crack, craze, creek, crop, cudgel,
   cummerbund, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, department, dhoti,
   diaper, dig, dint, district, division, do up, drub, drubbing,
   drumming, earring, ecliptic, encincture, encircle, engird,
   ensphere, environs, equator, estuary, euripus, fascia, fetch,
   fetch a blow, fillet, finger ring, fjord, flagellate, flagellum,
   flail, flog, floor, friction tape, frith, fusillade, fustigate,
   gallery, gird, girdle, girt, girth, give a whipping,
   give the stick, great circle, ground, gulf, gut, harbor, heartland,
   hit, hit a clip, hoop, horsewhip, inlet, ionosphere,
   isothermal region, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out,
   knout, kurbash, kyle, lace, land, lash, lath, lay on, layer, leash,
   ledge, let have it, level, lick, ligula, ligule, list, loch,
   loincloth, loinguard, loop, lower atmosphere, masking tape,
   measures, milieu, moocha, mouth, napkins, narrow, narrow seas,
   narrows, natural harbor, neckband, necklace, neighborhood,
   nose ring, offshore rights, outer atmosphere, overlayer, overstory,
   part, parts, paste, pelt, perimeter, photosphere, pistol-whip,
   place, plank, plastic tape, plunk, poke, pommel, pound, precincts,
   premises, pummel, punch, purlieus, put across, put over, quarter,
   quirt, quoit, rap, rawhide, razor strap, reach, region, ribband,
   ribbon, ring, road, roads, roadstead, rope, salient, sash, scourge,
   seam, section, shelf, shred, sjambok, slam, slat, slip, slog, slug,
   smack, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, soil, sound, space, spank,
   spill, splice, spline, stage, step, story, strait, straits, strake,
   strap, stratosphere, stratum, streak, streaking, stretch, stria,
   striation, striature, striga, strike, strike at, striola, strip,
   stripe, striping, stroke, strop, substratosphere, substratum,
   superstratum, swaddle, swat, swath, swathe, swing, swinge, swipe,
   switch, taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline, tattoo, terrain,
   territory, thickness, thong, thrash, three-mile limit, thump,
   thwack, ticker tape, tie, tie up, tier, topsoil, tract, tropopause,
   troposphere, trounce, truncheon, truss, twelve-mile limit,
   twine around, underlayer, understory, understratum,
   upper atmosphere, vicinage, vicinity, waist belt, waistband,
   waistcloth, wallop, whack, whale, wham, whip, whiplash, whop, wire,
   wrap, wrap up, wreathe, wreathe around, wristband, wristlet, yerk,
   zodiac, zone

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

belt, mt city, fips 5275
  location: 47.38597 n, 110.92580 w
  population 1990: 571 282 housing units
  area: 0.9 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 59412

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

belt, mt -- u.s. city in montana
   population 2000:    633
   housing units 2000: 295
   land area 2000:     0.337242 sq. miles 0.873452 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.337242 sq. miles 0.873452 sq. km
   fips code:            05275
   located within:       montana mt, fips 30
   location:             47.385935 n, 110.926587 w
   zip codes 1990:     59412
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    belt, mt
    belt

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