kerb

[ kurb ]

/ kɜrb /

noun, verb (used with object) British.

Nearby words

keratosis follicularis, keratosis piloris atrophicans faciei, keratosulfate, keratotome, keratotomy, kerb, kerb appeal, kerb crawling, kerb drill, kerb market, kerb weight

Can be confused

curb kerb

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Examples from the Web for kerb

A stone “kerb,” or banquette, ran around one portion of the wall.
The Quadroon|Mayne Reid
Diving, I managed to rescue a small loaf from rolling from the kerb and to save from a passing foot a packet of cooked ham.
A Case in Camera|Oliver Onions
He stood on the kerb of the monument, talking to himself savagely.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days|Arnold Bennett
His car was standing at the kerb, so he took us back to tea at his house in Stretton Street.
The Stretton Street Affair|William Le Queux

Then all my senses were strung up to attention: a small bay horse lay stretched out on the pathway, his head near the kerb.
Pushed and the Return Push|George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

British Dictionary definitions for kerb

kerb

US and Canadian curb

/ (kɜːb) /

noun

a line of stone or concrete forming an edge between a pavement and a roadway, so that the pavement is some 15 cm above the level of the road

verb

(tr) to provide with or enclose with a kerb

Word Origin for kerb

C17: from Old French courbe bent, from Latin curvus; see curve

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