"belt loop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: belt loops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} belt loop (plural belt loops)
  1. (US) A highway that loops around the perimeter of a major city. Tags: US Synonyms (highway): beltway
    Sense id: en-belt_loop-en-noun-Fb77nd2s Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 39 3 Disambiguation of 'highway': 86 12 2
  2. One of the loops of fabric ringing the waist of a pair of pants, used to hold the belt in place. Synonyms: beltloop 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), trabilla (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-belt_loop-en-noun-cDAWzmbk Disambiguation of 'loop of pants holding belt': 13 69 17
  3. The 'D' shaped frame of a belt buckle
    Sense id: en-belt_loop-en-noun-Bw47y1RW

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