kerb
English
Alternative forms
- curb (US and Canada)
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /kɝb/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /kɜːb/
Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
- Homophone: curb
Noun
kerb (plural kerbs)
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones.
- A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.
Derived terms
Translations
edge between pavement and roadway
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Verb
kerb (third-person singular simple present kerbs, present participle kerbing, simple past and past participle kerbed)
- (British, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
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Kurdish
Pronunciation
Noun
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