seat belt
or seatbelt
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.
Origin of seat belt
1- Also called safety belt.
- Compare lap belt.
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How to use seat belt in a sentence
Position your seatbelt tight and low across your hips, like my grandmother wears her support bra.
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Yu believes that one of the dead teens, whose body was found on the runway, may not have been wearing a seatbelt.
As the seatbelt clicked, Mr. Klein said, “I wish I were where that bagel is.”
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Allenby looked up at him as Jenkins swung the helmet back and unhooked the seatbelt.
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British Dictionary definitions for seat belt
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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