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BIBLE BELT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bible Belt mean?
• BIBLE BELT (noun)
The noun BIBLE BELT has 1 sense:
1. southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant
Familiarity information: BIBLE BELT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
belt (an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found)
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