kerb
pronunciation
How to pronounce kerb in British English:
UK [kɜ:b]
How to pronounce kerb in American English:
US [kəb]
-
- Noun:
- an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
Word Origin
- kerb (n.)
- 1660s, a variant of curb (n.). The preferred British English spelling in certain specialized senses, especially "edging of stone on a pavement" (1805).
Example
- 1. The cab drew away from the kerb .
- 2. Make sure you park clear of the kerb .
- 3. He hit his forehead against kerb when he fell .
- 4. Hitting the kerb . You could have rolled !
- 5. This spring a musician friend sent me a link to a video of a man busking by a kerb in botswana .