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black belt
[ blak belt, ]
noun
- Martial Arts. Compare brown belt, white belt.
- 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.
- a person who has obtained such rank
- the rank itself.
- a person proficient in some particular skill or endeavor; expert.
- (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.
- (initial capital letters) the area of a city or region inhabited primarily by Black people.
black belt
noun
- martial arts
- a black belt worn by an instructor or expert competitor in the dan grades, usually from first to fifth dan
- a person entitled to wear this
- the black belta 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
Other Words From
- black-belt adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of black belt1
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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