kerb
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
kerb (plural kerbs)
- (British, AU, NZ) 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.
- French: bordure, bordure du trottoir
- German: Bordstein, Randstein
- Italian: orlo del marciapiede
- Portuguese: guia, meio-fio, lancil
- Russian: бордю́р
- Spanish: bordillo
kerb (kerbs, present participle kerbing; 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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