kerb
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5.0
- noun
- /kɜrb/
- UK
:
bordillo
- The child sat on the kerb while waiting for the bus to arrive.
- hit the kerb
They're on the road and he'd tripped on the kerb going backwards.
- They're on the road and he'd tripped on the kerb going backwards.
Examples
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The hitchhiker stood, one foot on a newly lain kerb, the other on the wet asphalt of the roadway.
Fiction book (1998) -
I must measure the distance between the tyres and the kerb.
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We can walk to the kerb from here.
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I hit a kerb with my bike.
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A woman steps out from the kerb.
Fiction book (1998) -
Won't you pull up to the kerb and park?
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I bought a notebook, went outside, sat on the kerb, wrote a note -
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I get vertigo standing on the kerb!
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Mr Tanner, I'm gonna have to ask you to move to the kerb.
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You can't predict when a drunk driver's gonna run up onto a kerb and hurt someone.
Synonyms
117
2.1
A raised edge between a sidewalk 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
Compounds
- NSFW
A person who drives slowly at night near the curb to try to have sex with people for money
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kerb is related to the English word curve, from an old root meaning 'bent' or 'turned'. Imagine a curved, raised stone that marks the edge between a sidewalk and the road. So a kerb is the raised edge that keeps the sidewalk and street separate.