- the Wheat Belt
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the western central region of the US, where most of the country’s wheat is grown. It includes the ↑Great Plains.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
the Wheat Belt
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Wheat Belt — the western central region of the US, where most of the country’s wheat is grown. It includes the Great Plains. * * * ▪ region, North America the part of the North American Great Plains where wheat is the dominant crop. The belt extends… … Universalium
wheat belt — noun : an agricultural region in which more land is devoted to the production of wheat than to any other one crop off with his plane and his combines on his annual swing northward through the wheat belt E.L.Howe … Useful english dictionary
wheat belt — /ˈwit bɛlt/ (say weet belt) noun that part of the country, usually a long, broad strip, in which conditions are ideal for growing wheat. Also, wheatbelt …
(the) Great Plains — the Great Plains [the Great Plains] a large area of the west central US where the land is high and flat. It includes the 10 ↑Plains States, stretching about 400 miles/644 kilometres east from the ↑Rocky Mountains, and from Canada to southern… … Useful english dictionary
belt — /bɛlt / (say belt) noun 1. a band of flexible material, as leather, worn around the waist to support clothing, for decoration, etc. 2. Sport such a band as a token of honour or achievement. 3. Surf Lifesaving a wide canvas belt which is worn by… …
the countryside — [the countryside] The countryside of Britain is well known for its beauty and many contrasts: its bare mountains and ↑moorland, its lakes, rivers and ↑woods, and its long, often wild ↑coastline. Many of the most beautiful areas are ↑national… … Useful english dictionary
Wheat — This article is about the plant. For other uses, see Wheat (disambiguation). Wheat Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranke … Wikipedia
belt — beltless, adj. /belt/, n. 1. a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist. 2. any encircling or transverse band, strip, or stripe. 3. an elongated region having distinctive properties or characteristics: a belt of… … Universalium
wheat — n. 1 any cereal plant of the genus Triticum, bearing dense four sided seed spikes. 2 its grain, used in making flour etc. Phrases and idioms: separate the wheat from the chaff see CHAFF. wheat belt a region where wheat is the chief agricultural… … Useful english dictionary
belt — noun 1 narrow piece of leather, etc. worn around the waist ADJECTIVE ▪ narrow, wide ▪ thick ▪ leather ▪ chain, studded … Collocations dictionary
