seat-belt

A form of seat belt — 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

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of seat belt.

    "The captain has turned off the seat-belt sign. But he cautions you to stay alert, as sometimes these planes don't work as well as we'd like them to."

    2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 57
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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