Kilo Lingo

belt

/belt/

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Translation

A long strip of leather or cloth that you wear around your waist.

Word origin

From Old English belt, a band worn around the body, from Latin balteus.

Origin
Old English
Root
belt

Grammar

Gender
Pluralbelts

Examples

trousers.

"Belt" is the strip worn around the waist.

sizes.

"Belts" is the plural, meaning more than one belt.

.

Here "belt" is the one thing keeping the skirt in place.

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This word is part of lesson 14.