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[
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]
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kerb
/
kɜrb
/
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[
kurb
]
Show IPA
noun,
verb
(used with object)
British
.
curb
(
defs. 1, 15
)
.
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Can be confused:
curb
,
kerb
.
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World English Dictionary
kerb
or
(
US and Canadian
)
curb
(kɜːb)
—
n
1.
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
—
vb
2.
(
tr
) to provide with or enclose with a kerb
[C17: from Old French
courbe
bent, from Latin
curvus;
see
curve
]
curb
or
(
US and Canadian
)
curb
—
n
—
vb
[C17: from Old French
courbe
bent, from Latin
curvus;
see
curve
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
kerb
1664, a variant of
curb
(q.v.), preferred British spelling in certain specialized senses, especially "edging of stone on a sidewalk" (1805).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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