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curbside

curbside

3 3.5
A service where staff bring a customer's order to their car at the road edge
  • noun
  • /ˈkɜːrbˌsaɪd/
  • US
translation icon : servicio en la acera
  • Among respondents who had curbside pickup of used motor oil available to them, however, only 43 percent disposed of their oil correctly.
  • curbside pickup
  • curbside service
  • curbside collection

We're going to pick up our little curbside pickup order the box.

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Examples

  • The movie rental business is offering curbside pickup during the pandemic.

  • Later, various economic incentives were used, such as charging a per-garbage-bag fee or making recycling easier with curbside pickup.

    Academic text (1994)
  • But when you do curbside at like regular places, you have to stay in the car.

  • You are too fine to be giving me curbside service.

  • The biggest development was in Chicago, where 740,000 households were brought online with curbside service the first week of December.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The City of Los Angeles has been rolling out its curbside collection service for yard trimmings over the past two years.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Customers pay only the fixed cost of curbside pick-up for their first 32-gallon container.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Los Angeles completed phasing in its curbside service for 720,000 households at the end of April 1995.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The city's program utilizes green, 60-gallon carts that are emptied at curbside by automated trucks.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The restaurant offers curbside pickup, allowing customers to receive their meals without leaving their cars.

Synonyms

curb service
vscurbside
  • US
3.9

Service where staff bring food to customers waiting in their cars at the curb

is the same service but named as a single-word or adjective option

How Convenient

delivery
540 1.0
curbside
  • US
3 3.5
pickup
81 2.6

Surface Forms

curbside singular
curbsides plural

Morphology

curbside = curb + side (semi-transparent) = curb + side

The service meaning is an extension from the physical location 'curbside' to an activity performed there; components help infer the sense but pragmatic knowledge of service contexts is needed.

Etymology

The word curbside joins curb ('the edge of the road') and side, and today it often means a service where staff bring your order to your car at the curb so you can pick it up without going into the shop.