What does kerb mean?
Definitions for kerb
kɜrbkerb
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Princeton's WordNet
curb, curbing, kerbnoun
an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
Wiktionary
kerbnoun
The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones.
kerbverb
To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
ChatGPT
kerb
A kerb, also known as a curb in American English, is a stone, concrete or other material border or edge along a street, sidewalk or path designed to separate the road from the pedestrian area. It helps to control water flow and prevent vehicles from going onto the sidewalk or pedestrian zone.
Webster Dictionary
Kerbnoun
see Curb
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Anagrams for kerb »
berk
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kerb in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kerb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of kerb in a Sentence
Not much to talk about. I lost a wheel and retired and that's about it, it was tight. If you ask him, for sure he's going to blame me. But I'm sure if he'd gone over the kerb there would have been space. But obviously it was quite slippery there so he locked a bit the front wheel.
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- كبحArabic
- бордю́рBulgarian
- voradaCatalan, Valencian
- obrubníkCzech
- ymyl palmantWelsh
- kantstenDanish
- BordsteinGerman
- bordilloSpanish
- reunakiveysFinnish
- bordure, bordure du trottoirFrench
- colbhaIrish
- oir chabhsairScottish Gaelic
- bordoGalician
- नियंत्रणHindi
- orlo del marciapiedeItalian
- לְרַסֵןHebrew
- 縁石Japanese
- stoeprand, borduurDutch
- krawężnikPolish
- meio-fio, guiaPortuguese
- бордюр, поребрикRussian
- ivičnjak, rubnikSerbo-Croatian
- trottoarkantSwedish
- கட்டுப்படுத்துTamil
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