Belt Live Country’s Commuter Noun Bre Up/Fasten/Tighten Buckle

• to do up/fasten/tighten a belt
• a belt buckle
• the country’s corn/industrial belt
• we live in the commuter belt.

belt

1. a long narrow piece of leather, cloth, etc. that you wear around the waist
• see also black belt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/black-belt
• to do up/fasten/tighten a belt
• a belt buckle
2. a continuous band of material that moves round and is used to carry things along or to drive machinery
• see also conveyor belt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/conveyor-belt
3. an area with particular characteristics or where a particular group of people live
• see also green belt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/green-belt
• the country’s corn/industrial belt
• We live in the commuter belt.
• a belt of rain moving across the country
4. an act of hitting something/somebody hard
• She gave the ball a terrific belt.
5. unfair or cruel
• That was distinctly below the belt!
6. taking more actions than are really necessary to make sure that something succeeds or works as it should
• a belt-and-braces policy
7. to have already achieved or obtained something
• She already has a couple of good wins under her belt.
8. to spend less money because there is less available
• With price increases on most goods, everyone is having to tighten their belt.
• There is a need for further belt-tightening.

Extra Examples

• She was wearing a garter belt and stockings.
• The space mission provided new data on the Earth’s radiation belts.
• a narrow belt of trees
• a studded leather belt
• Buffalo is an American rust belt city that was home to several steel mills.
• The government promised to maintain the green belt.
• Towns in the country’s industrial belt were particularly affected by the recession.
• We live in the commuter belt.
• the US corn belt

Word Origin

• Old English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’.