kerb
IPA: kˈɝb
noun
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.
- A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.
- Alternative form of curb (“raised margin along the edge of a well, etc.”) [(American spelling, Canadian spelling) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)]
verb
- (Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
- To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating.
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Examples of "kerb" in Sentences
- The kerb weight of the car was .
- Kerb refers to the edge of the road.
- If near the kerb in the UK, they mean no parking.
- All of the above busways are of the kerb guided type.
- Schumacher spun out across the kerb at Pouhon corner.
- No traces survived of the cairn or any kerb or revetment.
- Sometimes it is also surrounded by an external stone kerb.
- And you can't park at the kerb where there are double lines.
- The bike then mounted a kerb and threw Doherty to the ground.
- For safety cars can only be parked on it at an angle to the kerb.
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