See belter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1965 March 30, Larry Niven, World of Ptavvs:",
"text": "The Belters watched like men mesmerized. They were spacemen, and used to strange sights, but they would never again see anything as strange as a world burning.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who mines asteroids for minerals or lives in the vicinity of an asteroid belt."
],
"links": [
[
"science fiction",
"science fiction"
],
[
"asteroid",
"asteroid"
],
[
"asteroid belt",
"asteroid belt"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(science fiction) A person who mines asteroids for minerals or lives in the vicinity of an asteroid belt."
],
"topics": [
"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"science-fiction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɛltə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɛltɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛltə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "belter"
}
{
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"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛltə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɛltə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"en:Appearance",
"en:Celestial inhabitants",
"en:People",
"en:Singing"
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"forms": [
{
"form": "more belter",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most belter",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "belter (comparative more belter, superlative most belter)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "fantastic; excellent",
"word": "belta"
}
],
"categories": [
"Geordie"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of belta (“fantastic; excellent”)."
],
"links": [
[
"belta",
"belta#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Geordie) Alternative spelling of belta (“fantastic; excellent”)."
],
"tags": [
"Geordie",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɛltə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɛltɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛltə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "belter"
}
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