belt | (noun) the act of hitting vigorously | Synonyms: knock, rap, whack, whang |
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(noun) a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist) | - |
(noun) endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys | - |
(noun) ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun | Synonyms: belt ammunition, belted ammunition |
(noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bang, bash, knock, smash |
(noun) an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found | - |
(noun) a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) | Synonyms: swath |
felt | (noun) a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers | - |
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gelt | (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
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greenbelt | (noun) a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | Synonyms: greenway |
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jacksmelt | (noun) a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length) | Synonyms: Atherinopsis californiensis |
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melt | (noun) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | Synonyms: melting, thaw, thawing |
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pelt | (noun) body covering of a living animal | Synonyms: hide, skin |
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(noun) the dressed hairy coat of a mammal | Synonyms: fur |
seatbelt | (noun) a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident | Synonyms: seat belt |
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shelterbelt | (noun) hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion | Synonyms: windbreak |
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smelt | (noun) small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters | - |
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(noun) small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water | - |
spelt | (noun) hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed | Synonyms: Triticum aestivum spelta, Triticum spelta |
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underfelt | (noun) a carpet pad of thick felt | - |
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welt | (noun) a raised or strengthened seam | - |
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(noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: wale, weal, wheal |