rust belt

rust belt
noun also rust bowl
Usage: often capitalized R&B
Etymology: so called from the declining heavy industry taken to be characteristic of the region's economy
: the northeastern and midwestern states of the United States

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(sometimes caps.)
the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
[1980-85]

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rust belt noun
1. Those areas of the Midwestern and NE USA in which declining heavy industries, esp steel production, are concentrated (also with caps)
2. Extended to any similar area in other industrialized countries
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Main Entry: ↑rust

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rust belt or rust bowl,
1. a region with a large concentration of heavy industries, especially in the northeastern and north central United States.
2. an industry or region that is not fully productive or competitive: »

The cuts will turn American's military-industrial base into a Rust Belt, leaving the U.S. unable to supply its own defense needs (Time).

3. of or relating to such an industry or area: »

His [Sen. Gephardt's] strength…would be in his native Midwest—in farm states as well as in “rust belt” states amenable to his economic nationalist message (Christian Science Monitor).

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n. the Rust Belt informal parts of the northeastern and midwestern U.S. that are characterized by declining industry, aging factories, and a falling population. Steel-producing cities in Pennsylvania and Ohio are at its center

the smokestacks of the Rust Belt were no longer allowed to blast wastes into the air | [as adj.] the state’s Rust Belt economy

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ˈrust belt f41 [rust belt] noun (especially US)
a region that used to have a lot of industry, but that has now decreased in importance and wealth, especially parts of the northern US where there were many factories that have now closed

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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