seat belt

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noun

a belt or strap in an automobile, airplane, etc., fastened around or sometimes diagonally across the midsection to keep the person safely secured, as during a sudden stop.

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Also called safety belt.

Compare lap belt.

Origin of seat belt

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby seat belt

seastrand, sea swallow, seat, sea tangle, seatback, seat belt, seater, seating, seatmate, SEATO, seat-of-the-pants

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How to use seat belt in a sentence

Driving drunk and not using a seat belt — those are individual choices, with consequences that show up quite clearly in the car-crash data.
Mayor Pete and Elaine Chao Hit the Road (Ep. 471)|Stephen J. Dubner|August 5, 2021|Freakonomics
Children move from rear-facing seats to forward-facing seats with harnesses and then on to booster seats, which rely on the vehicle’s seat belts rather than built-in harnesses.
State Attorneys General Push Federal Government to Follow the Law and Finally Create Side-Impact Tests for Kids’ Car Seats|by Patricia Callahan|July 15, 2021|ProPublica
Statistically, the risk of serious injury in car accident is very very low, but you better believe I make sure my kids put on seat belt every time they get in the car.
Parents wonder what to do with their unvaccinated children as CDC changes mask guidance|William Wan, Frances Stead Sellers|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
Delle Donne sits in the passenger seat immediately after her second surgery with the seat belt on, waiting for Clifton to return from the pharmacy with the camera mounted on the dashboard.
Elena Delle Donne’s back pain made her question her career, but she’s now eager to return|Kareem Copeland|May 14, 2021|Washington Post

The prince agreed to surrender his driving license but not before being seen two days after the accident driving, without a seat belt, in a replacement SUV.
Prince Philip, royal consort to Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99|Adrian Higgins|April 9, 2021|Washington Post
They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball?|Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Seat belt use alone is credited with saving 300,000 lives over the past forty years.
Heed the Warnings: Why We’re on the Brink of Mass Extinction|Sean B. Carroll|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet in Paris she failed to buckle her seat belt in a fleeing car.
The Day the Fairytale Died|Marilyn Johnson|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The driver, a young guy, was hung up in his seat belt with blood pouring out of his left arm, sliced to the bone.
Send Bin Laden the Bill: Dakota Meyer on His Return From Afghanistan|Dakota Meyer|September 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He was ousted as governor, he had seat-belt issues, now this.
How Jon Corzine Blew It—Again|The Daily Beast Video|November 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Senator Vance Duran unhooked the seat belt, reached for his briefcase, and stepped into the crowded aisle.
A Mixture of Genius|Arnold Castle
Mrs. Jackson let Baartock put on his seat belt himself, but she checked to make sure it was fastened.
Baartock|Lewis Roth
No matter how you figured it, he was here, hanging upside down in his seat belt in a pretty thoroughly wrinkled up ship.
The Best Made Plans|Everett B. Cole
He noticed suddenly that the seat belt light had flashed on.
The Pirates of Shan|Harold Leland Goodwin
She checked to make sure he had fastened his seat-belt properly, and then started the engine.
Baartock|Lewis Roth

British Dictionary definitions for seat belt

seat belt

noun

Also called: safety belt a belt or strap worn in a vehicle to restrain forward motion in the event of a collision

a similar belt or strap worn in an aircraft at takeoff and landing and in rough weather

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seat belt

or seatbelt

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