{
    "term": "belt",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long narrow piece of leather, cloth, etc. that you wear around the middle part of your body",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **do up/fasten/tighten a belt**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a belt buckle"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a studded leather belt"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Around his waist he wore a belt."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["narrow", "wide", "thick"],
                "verb + belt": ["buckle", "do up", "fasten"],
                "belt + noun": ["buckle", "loop", "holster"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a continuous band of material that moves round and is used to carry things along or to drive a machine",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["conveyor", "drive", "fan"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a narrow area or an area around the edge of something that has particular characteristics",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the country’s **corn/industrial belt**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We live in the **commuter belt**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a narrow belt of trees"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a belt of rain moving across the country"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Towns in the country's industrial belt were particularly affected by the recession."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broad", "wide", "narrow"],
                "preposition": ["belt of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an act of hitting something/somebody hard",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She gave the ball a terrific belt."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "unfair or cruel",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That was distinctly below the belt!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "taking more actions than are really necessary to make sure that something succeeds or works as it should",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a belt-and-braces policy"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have already achieved or obtained something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She already has a couple of good wins under her belt."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to spend less money because there is less available",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "With price increases on most goods, everyone is having to tighten their belt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a need for further belt-tightening."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/belt/",
                "audio": "be/belt/belt__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/belt/",
                "audio": "be/belt/belt__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’."
}