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Travel & Airport English vocabulary · Boarding & On the Plane

Seat belt

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

/ˈsiːt belt/nounCore term

In travel & airport english, seat belt means: A strap fixed to a seat that you fasten across your body to keep you safe in a plane, car or bus.

In Turkish: emniyet kemeri

How it is used

On planes passengers fasten their seat belts for takeoff and landing, during turbulence and whenever the seat belt sign is on. Cabin crew show how to fasten and unfasten it in the safety demonstration. Also written seatbelt.

Example sentences

  1. The captain has switched on the seat belt sign. Please return to your seats.

  2. Please fasten your seat belt; we're about to land.

Common collocations

  • fasten your seat belt
  • seat belt sign
  • unfasten your seat belt
  • keep your seat belt fastened
  • turbulenceSudden, uneven movements of the air that make a plane shake or bump during a flight.
  • take offOf a plane: to leave the ground and start flying at the beginning of a flight.
  • landOf a plane or its passengers: to arrive on the ground at the end of a flight.
  • flight attendantA member of the cabin crew who looks after passengers' safety and comfort on a plane, serves food and drinks and helps in emergencies.

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