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black belt

[ blak belt, ]

noun

  1. Martial Arts. Compare brown belt, white belt.
    1. a black cloth waistband conferred upon a participant in one of the martial arts, as judo or karate, to indicate a degree of expertise of the highest rank.
    2. a person who has obtained such rank
    3. the rank itself.
  2. a person proficient in some particular skill or endeavor; expert.
  3. (initial capital letters) a narrow belt of dark-colored, calcareous soils in central Alabama and Mississippi highly adapted to agriculture, especially the growing of cotton.
  4. (initial capital letters) the area of a city or region inhabited primarily by Black people.


black belt

noun

  1. martial arts
    1. a black belt worn by an instructor or expert competitor in the dan grades, usually from first to fifth dan
    2. a person entitled to wear this
  2. the black belt
    a region of the southern US extending from Georgia across central Alabama and Mississippi, in which the population contains a large number of Black people: also noted for its fertile black soil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of black belt1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

Back to hidden talents—there is a joke about Judo in the film, and I heard you have a black belt in Taekwondo?

Wood: I have a black belt and used to compete when I was a kid!

It took earning my black belt while I was stationed in Korea to change all that.

Luckily my husband is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Carole first wore the blue dress from chain store Reiss with a black belt to Ascot two years ago.

The broad black belt which he wore contained many secret pockets, and from one of these he extracted a ten-dollar bill.

Reaching into one of the secret pockets of his wide black belt he removed a curiously shaped tool of finest tempered steel.

His right hand dropped with incredible swiftness to his wide black belt, snatched something from a concealed pocket there.

Over the black belt of the garden I saw the long line of Queen Street, with here and there a lighted window.

Let no one suppose the work in the Black Belt or the State is finished.

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