seatbelt
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: sēt′bĕlt
- (Received Pronunciation, Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsiːt.belt/; (also Received Pronunciation) /ˈsiːt.bɛlt/
- (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈsit.bɛlt/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈsiːʈ.bɛ(ː)lʈ/
- Rhymes: -iːt.bɛlt
- Hyphenation: seat‧belt
Noun
[edit]seatbelt (plural seatbelts)
- Alternative spelling of seat belt.
- 2021 December 29, Dominique Louis, “Causal analysis: crashworthiness at Sandilands”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32:
- However, the challenges for the railway world are much greater than for automotive as we generally have more occupants, higher speeds, greater masses, higher energies, and an absence of seatbelts or airbags to contend with.
- 2023 September 13, Matt de la Peña, “‘Mexikid’ and ‘Salsa Magic’ Drive Latino Kids to Their Roots”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 4 October 2023:
- The wildly entertaining trip that follows, involving a used Winnebago and an old pickup truck with ropes for seatbelts, has a profound effect on Pedro.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]seat belt — see seat belt
Further reading
[edit]- “seatbelt”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.