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seatbelt

Syllables: seat·beltUK/ˈsiːt.belt//ˈsit.bɛlt/

seatbelt is the alternative spelling of seat belt.

Meaning of seat belt

Noun

seat belt (plural seat belts)

  1. 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

Forms of seatbelt

pluralseatbelts

Origin of seatbelt

Compound of seat + belt.

Words formed from seatbelt

Phrases with seatbelt

Questions about seatbelt

What is seatbelt the alternative spelling of?
Seatbelt is the alternative spelling of seat belt.
How do you pronounce seatbelt?
Seatbelt is pronounced /ˈsiːt.belt/ (UK).

Words near seatbelt in the dictionary

  1. seatainer
  2. seatainers
  3. seatang
  4. seatback
  5. seatbacks
  6. seatbelt
  7. seatbelted
  8. seatbeltless
  9. seatbelts
  10. seatbox
  11. seatboxes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: seatbelt (page history and authors); seat belt (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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