"belt loop" meaning in English

See belt loop in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: belt loops [plural], beltloop [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} belt loop (plural belt loops)
  1. (US, automotive) A highway that loops around the perimeter of a major city. Tags: US Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms (highway): beltway
    Sense id: en-belt_loop-en-noun-Fb77nd2s Categories (other): American English, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 38 22 40 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of 'highway': 86 8 5
  2. (clothing, sewing) One of the loops of fabric ringing the waist of a pair of pants, used to hold the belt in place. Categories (topical): Clothing, Sewing Related terms: hanging loop Translations (loop of pants holding belt): traveta [feminine] (Catalan), passador [masculine] (Catalan), vyölenkki (Finnish), Gürtelschlaufe [feminine] (German), lúb chreasa [feminine] (Irish), szlufka [feminine] (Polish), gajka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trabilla (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-belt_loop-en-noun-cDAWzmbk Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 38 22 40 Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, sewing, textiles Disambiguation of 'loop of pants holding belt': 12 64 24
  3. (clothing, sewing) The D-shaped frame of a belt buckle. Categories (topical): Clothing, Sewing
    Sense id: en-belt_loop-en-noun-tR83qSMg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 18 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 18 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 19 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 15 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 33 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 21 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 19 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 38 22 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 31 22 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 33 20 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 15 61 Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, sewing, textiles

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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