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- [green belt]
- /grin bɛlt/
- /ɡriːn belt/
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- [green belt]
- /grin bɛlt/
Definitions of green belt words
- noun green belt an area of woods, parks, or open land surrounding a community. 1
- noun green belt Also, green belt. a strip of land on the edge of a desert that has been planted and irrigated to keep the desert from spreading. 1
- noun green belt conservation area 1
- noun green belt karate rank 1
- countable noun green belt A green belt is an area of land with fields or parks around a town or city, where people are not allowed to build houses or factories by law. 0
- noun green belt An area of agricultural land around an urban area that is protected from large-scale housing. 0
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Origin of green belt
First appearance:
before 1930 One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; green + belt
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Parts of speech for Green belt
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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green belt popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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green belt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for green belt
noun green belt
- province — an administrative division or unit of a country.
- woods — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
- boondocks — If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
- wilderness — a wooded area in NE Virginia: several battles fought here in 1864 between armies of Grant and Lee.
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
Antonyms for green belt
noun green belt
- city — The City is the part of London where many important financial institutions have their main offices. People often refer to these financial institutions as the City.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- urbanity — the quality of being urbane; refined courtesy or politeness; suavity: He was the last word in urbanity.
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