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belt-shaped

belt-shaped

5.0
Long and narrow like a strap that goes around things
  • adjective
  • /bɛlt-ʃeɪpt/
translation icon : en forma de cinturón
  • A belt-shaped patch of grass circles the old oak tree.

Examples

  • The belt-shaped garden was beautifully arranged.

  • Scientists discovered a belt-shaped fossil embedded in the rock.

  • The satellite images clearly show a belt-shaped cloud formation stretching across the region.

  • Is that a belt-shaped cloud formation?

  • The galaxy has a belt-shaped structure that stretches across the night sky.

  • The designer created a belt-shaped piece of jewelry that elegantly wraps around the wrist.

  • The mountain range appeared belt-shaped, forming a long and narrow outline on the horizon.

Synonyms

beltlike
vsbelt-shaped
4.8

A long narrow band that goes around a thing like a planet or a waist

is long and narrow without necessarily wrapping or encircling
belt-like
vsbelt-shaped
4.4

Shaped like a band that goes around something

is about simple long narrow shape rather than position
ribbon-shaped
vsbelt-shaped
4.1

Long, narrow and flat like a thin strip

is not focused on flat surfaces but on narrow overall shape

Surface Forms

belt-shaped positive

Morphology

belt-shaped = belt + shaped (transparent) = belt + shape + ed

The meaning is directly compositional: something belt-shaped has the shape of a belt.

Etymology

The word belt-shaped comes from the everyday belt, a long strip worn around the waist, and the part -shaped, which means 'in the form of'. So it describes something that is 'long and narrow like a belt'.