curb
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2.1
- noun
- /kɜrb/
- US
:
bordillo
- Finally, I panicked and pulled the car over to the curb and jumped out.
- curbs and sidewalks
- steps and curbs
- stairs and curbs
By the time I reached the curb, my accent is back.
- By the time I reached the curb, my accent is back.
- And as I was stepping off the curb, I felt this.
- Yeah, no, not off the curb into oncoming traffic.
- The, the, the, the curb was my pillow.
- They do not require parallel parking or curb parking as part of the driving test.
- No, but, but typically they don't step off that curb until they hear the brass band.
- I saw him parked along the curb just across the street from my building.
- Every time I approached the the corner or the curb I would panic.
- They've just they've grabbed me, threw me on the floor, like sat me down on the curb questioning me.
- And we have some killer pieces in our house that we just got off the curb.
- Like the car goes down some when someone else gets in and it hits the curb and you hear it go and as they shut the door.
- I was like, me, Alex, and my friend was at McDonald's and we hit the curb.
Examples
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As his father pulled away from the curb, Michael cast one last look over his shoulder.
Fiction book (1990) -
Don't stop so close to the curb.
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I want you to move over to the curb, nice and easy.
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Pull over to the curb, here.
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Back up all the way up to the curb.
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You told me to put it out by the curb.
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I saw him parked along the curb just across the street from my building.
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I will park at the curb and rush inside while my daughter stays in the car.
Academic text (1998) -
He tripped on a curb holding a door open for me.
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Please be careful when stepping off the sidewalk and onto the curb.
Synonyms
4
2.7
The edge of a sidewalk next to the road
3
5.0
A raised stone or concrete edge between the pavement and the road
1
4.9
A stone that forms the edge of a sidewalk or road
An edge of stone or concrete between a sidewalk and the road
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A metal piece in a horse's mouth with a chin chain to help control the horse
- Specialized
A roof with two slopes on each side, a steeper lower slope and a gentler upper slope
- Offensive
A violent attack in which someone forces another person's head onto a curb and steps on it hard
How Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curb for the raised edge of a road comes from the same basic idea of 'holding back' — a stone or edge that keeps cars, water, or people in the right place. That's why a curb is both a border and a kind of limit at the side of the street.