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'''Belt''' can refer to the following objects:
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*[[Belt (clothing)]], a part of clothing worn around the waist to hold trousers up or as a fashion accessory.
*[[Police duty belt]], a belt worn by police officers, which holds all the equipment they need to conduct their duties.
*[[Sam Browne belt]], wide military belt, usually made of leather, supported by a strap going diagonally over the right shoulder.
*[[Money belt]]
*[[Belt (mechanical)]], looped, flexible [[connection]], used for power transmission; called [[conveyor belt]] when part of a conveyance system.
*[[Belt (firearm)]], a single row of [[Cartridge (weaponry)|cartridges]] which are held together with cloth or metal links, for use in a (typically automatic) [[firearm]].
** [[Bandolier]]
* [[Judas belt]]
* A leather belt as attribute of certain [[Confraternities of the Cord]] and/or as [[penitential]] device.
* A [[Championship belt|championship]] in combat sports such as [[boxing]], [[mixed martial arts]] and [[professional wrestling]], which is used as the equivalent of a [[trophy]] and awarded to the winner of a championship in a sport.
*[[Dance belt]], an undergarment worn by male dancers.
*[[Kégresse track|Belt track]], the common term for [[Kégresse track]], a kind of track drive that uses reinforced flexible belts instead of linked belts for traction.
*[[Chastity belt]]
*In [[automobile]]s:
** A safety or [[seat belt]].
** [[Fan belt]].
** An [[engine]] [[timing belt]].
*[[Photon belt]]
*[[Vocal belting]], a [[singing]] technique.
*[[Belt (recording artist)]]
* In [[astronomy]]:
** An [[asteroid belt]] or "main belt is a cluster of asteroids orbiting a star. There is one in this solar system, located between Mars and Jupiter.
** The [[Kuiper belt]] is an area of the solar system extending from within the orbit of Neptune. Objects within the Kuiper Belt are referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (a type of minor planet) or [[asteroids]]
** The Oort Belt or [[Oort cloud]] is located outside the orbit [[scattered disc]] and [[Pluto]]'s orbit where comets are presumed to be formed
*In [[geology]] and [[geography]], a belt is a [[region]] with a roughly elongated form, or sometimes a sequence of roughly parallel forms, as in
**[[Belt regions of Canada|"Belt" regions of Canada]]
**[[Belt regions of the United States|"Belt" regions of the United States]]
As a geographical name it also refers to the following places:
*[[The Belts]] are the straits of the [[Baltic Sea]] between [[Germany]], [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]]. In particular the [[little Belt]] is referenced in the first stanza of [[Das Lied der Deutschen]], a [[German national anthem]] (the first stanza is no longer used).
*[[Belt, Montana]] is a small city in [[Cascade County, Montana]], [[United States|U.S.]]
*[[Belt (Netherlands)]], a small village on the former island of [[Wieringen]], in the Dutch province of [[North Holland]]
In [[fast food]], a B.E.L.T. (Bacon, Egg, Lettuce, Tomato) is a sandwich available at [[Tim Hortons]] restaurants.
{{seealso|Balteus}}
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