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black belt
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
black belt
(noun)
black belt
noun
plural
black belts
black belt
noun
plural
black belts
Britannica Dictionary definition of BLACK BELT
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an expert in a martial art such as karate or tae kwon do
She is a karate
black belt
.
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the rank of such an expert
He has a
black belt
in judo.
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