seat belt
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.
Noun
seat belt (plural seat belts)
- 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.
- "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
seat belt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
seat belt in Hindi
- restraining belt
- पेटी peṭī, रक्षा पेटी rakṣā peṭī
seat belt in Tamil
- இருக்கை வார்
seat belt in Urdu
- restraining belt
- پیٹی peṭī, حفاظتی بند hifāzatī-band, حفاظتی پیٹی hifāzatī-peṭī
seat belt in Bengali
- restraining belt
- সুরক্ষা-বদ্ধনী śurokkha-bondhonī
More languagesFewer languages
- seat belt in Kannada
- ಕೂಡುಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಬಿಗಿಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಕೂರುಪಟ್ಟಿ
- seat belt in Arabic
- حِزَام أَمَان ḥizām ʔamān
- seat belt in Malay
- tali pinggang keledar
- seat belt in Indonesian
- sabuk pengaman
- seat belt in Persian
- کمربند ایمنی kamarband-e imeni
- seat belt in Thai
- เข็มขัดนิรภัย kěm-kàt-ní-rá-pai
- seat belt in Vietnamese
- dây an toàn, đai an toàn
Synonyms of seat belt
Forms of seat belt
| plural | seat belts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | seatbelt |
Words formed from seat belt
Questions about seat belt
- What does seat belt mean?
- Seat belt means 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.
- What is seat belt in Hindi?
- Seat belt in Hindi is पेटी (peṭī), रक्षा पेटी (rakṣā peṭī). See Seat belt meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seat belt?
- Seat belt is a noun.
- What is the plural of seat belt?
- The plural of seat belt is seat belts.
Words near seat belt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seat belt (page history and authors); seat belt (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seat belt (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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