green belt
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Noun
- Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it: A strip of land with plants in a place which is otherwise bare.
- Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it: A strip of land on which trees are planted to protect against desertification, soil erosion, etc.
- Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it: A strip of land next to a building, open space, road, etc., with plants on it, intended for exercise or recreation.
- Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it: An area of agricultural land around an urban area that is protected from large-scale building.
- A belt which is green in colour worn by a person who has achieved a certain (usually intermediate) level of skill in a martial art, especially judo or karate; also, the level of skill represented by this belt.
- A person who has earned the rank of green belt in a martial art.
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