Helen Fenton

Belt: Definition and part of speech

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Belt

  1. n. A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
  2. n. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady’s belt; a sword belt.
  3. n. That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
  4. n. 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.
  5. n. Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
  6. n. One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
  7. n. A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
  8. n. A token or badge of knightly rank.
  9. n. A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Belted: Definition and part of speech

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Belted

  1. imp. & p. p. of Belt
  2. a. Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.
  3. a. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bellow: Definition and part of speech

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Bellow

  1. n. A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.
  2. v. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.
  3. v. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.
  4. v. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
  5. v. t. To emit with a loud voice; to shout; — used with out.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bellows: Definition and part of speech

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Bellows

  1. n. sing. & pl. An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bellows fish: Definition and part of speech

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Bellows fish

  1. A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; — called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bell pepper: Definition and part of speech

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Bell pepper

  1. A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.