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# seatbelt

«seatbelt» in Mova's school dictionary: **A strong belt in a car, bus or plane that holds you in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a seatbelt, seatbelts); also seat belt

### meaning for a pupil

A strong belt in a car, bus or plane that holds you in your seat to keep you safe in a crash or sudden stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seatbelt/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety lessons, always wear your seatbelt; it is the law. Children use booster seats so the seatbelt fits. Phrases: fasten your seatbelt, buckle up, seatbelt sign.

### examples

- Fasten your seatbelt before we go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seatbelt/#x1)
- Wearing a seatbelt saves lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seatbelt/#x2)
- The seatbelt sign is on, so stay seated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seatbelt/#x3)
- Make sure the seatbelt goes across your shoulder, not your neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seatbelt/#x4)
- Dad won't start the car until we buckle our seatbelts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seatbelt/#x5)
- It's the law to wear a seatbelt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seatbelt/#x6)

### note

Countable. Written as one word or two. US: buckle up; UK: belt up. Safety: never put the belt behind you or under your arm.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «seatbelt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seatbelt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.