seat belt

noun

A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects.

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Meanings

nounseat belt (plural seat belts)

plural seat belts · alternative seatbelt

  1. automotiveA restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects.

    "Wearing a seat belt for drivers and front seat occupants reduces the risk of death by 45 to 50%. Just think about that for a moment. A 50% more chance of staying alive. Who wouldn't go for that?"

    2023 September 20, Jorge Liboreiro, quoting Michelle Yeoh, Euronews, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025

    Synonyms: safety belt

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects.

Similar
safety belt

More synonyms by meaning

nouna safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident

Similar
seatbelt
Broader
safety beltlife beltsafety harness
Also see
belt

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic حِزَام أَمَان
  • حِزَام أَمَان (ḥizām ʔamān)restraining belt
Bengali সুরক্ষা-বদ্ধনী
  • সুরক্ষা-বদ্ধনী (śurokkha-bondhonī)restraining belt
Bulgarian предпазен колан
  • предпазен колан (predpazen kolan)restraining belt
Chinese Cantonese 安全帶 /安全带
  • 安全帶 /安全带restraining belt
Chinese Mandarin 安全帶 /安全带
  • 安全帶 /安全带 (ānquándài)restraining belt
Czech bezpečnostní pás
  • bezpečnostní pásrestraining belt
Danish sikkerhedssele, sikkerhedsbælte
  • sikkerhedsselerestraining belt
  • sikkerhedsbælterestraining belt
Dutch veiligheidsgordel, veiligheidsriem
  • veiligheidsgordelrestraining belt
  • veiligheidsriemrestraining belt
Esperanto sekurzono
  • sekurzonorestraining belt
Finnish turvavyö, istuinvyö
  • turvavyörestraining belt
  • istuinvyörestraining belt
French ceinture de sécurité
  • ceinture de sécuritérestraining belt
German Sicherheitsgurt
  • Sicherheitsgurtrestraining belt
Greek ζώνη ασφαλείας
  • ζώνη ασφαλείας (zóni asfaleías)restraining belt
Hebrew חגורת בטיחות
  • חגורת בטיחותrestraining belt
Hindi पेटी, रक्षा पेटी
  • पेटी (peṭī)restraining belt
  • रक्षा पेटी (rakṣā peṭī)restraining belt
Hungarian biztonsági öv
  • biztonsági övrestraining belt
Icelandic öryggisbelti
  • öryggisbeltirestraining belt
Indonesian sabuk pengaman
  • sabuk pengamanrestraining belt
Irish crios sábhála
  • crios sábhálarestraining belt
Italian cintura di sicurezza
  • cintura di sicurezzarestraining belt
Japanese シートベルト
  • シートベルト (shītoberuto)restraining belt
Korean 안전벨트, 안전띠
  • 안전벨트 (anjeonbelteu)restraining belt
  • 안전띠 (anjeontti)restraining belt
Malay tali pinggang keledar
  • tali pinggang keledarrestraining belt
Māori tātua tūru
  • tātua tūrurestraining belt
Norwegian sikkerthetsbelt
  • sikkerthetsbeltrestraining belt
Norwegian Bokmål bilbelte, setebelte
  • bilbelterestraining belt
  • setebelterestraining belt
Persian کمربند ایمنی
  • کمربند ایمنی (kamarband-e imeni)restraining belt
Polish pas bezpieczeństwa
  • pas bezpieczeństwarestraining belt
Portuguese cinto de segurança
  • cinto de segurançarestraining belt
Romanian centură de siguranță
  • centură de siguranțărestraining belt
Russian реме́нь безопа́сности
  • реме́нь безопа́сности (reménʹ bezopásnosti)restraining belt
Scottish Gaelic crios-sàbhailteachd, crios-sàbhalaidh
  • crios-sàbhailteachdrestraining belt
  • crios-sàbhalaidhrestraining belt
Slovak bezpečnostný pás
  • bezpečnostný pásrestraining belt
Spanish cinturón de seguridad, cinturón
  • cinturón de seguridadrestraining belt
  • cinturónrestraining belt
Swedish säkerhetsbälte, bilbälte
  • säkerhetsbälterestraining belt
  • bilbälterestraining belt
Thai เข็มขัดนิรภัย
  • เข็มขัดนิรภัย (kěm-kàt-ní-rá-pai)restraining belt
Turkish emniyet kemeri
  • emniyet kemerirestraining belt
Urdu پیٹی, حفاظتی بند
  • پیٹی (peṭī)restraining belt
  • حفاظتی بند (hifāzatī-band)restraining belt
  • حفاظتی پیٹی (hifāzatī-peṭī)restraining belt
Vietnamese dây an toàn, đai an toàn
  • dây an toànrestraining belt
  • đai an toànrestraining belt
Welsh gwregys diogelwch
  • gwregys diogelwchrestraining belt
Cite this entry
APA

seat belt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seat%20belt

MLA

“seat belt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seat%20belt. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seat belt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seat%20belt.

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