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kerb

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kerb  (kûrb)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of curb.

kerb US and Canadian, curb [kɜːb]
n
(Engineering / Civil Engineering) 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
(tr) to provide with or enclose with a kerb
[from Old French courbe bent, from Latin curvus; see curve]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.kerbkerb - an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
curbstone, kerbstone - a paving stone forming part of a curb
edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
Translations
kerb [kɜːb]
A. N (Brit) → bordillo m, cordón m (S. Cone), cuneta f (Chile)
B. CPD kerb crawler N conductor que busca prostitutas desde su coche
kerb crawling N busca de prostitutas desde el coche
kerb drill Nprácticas fpl de cruce
kerb market Nmercado m no oficial(que funciona después del cierre de la Bolsa)

kerb [ˈkɜːrb] n (British)bordure f du trottoir, trottoir m
the impact of the car hitting the kerb → l'impact de la voiture heurtant le trottoir or la bordure du trottoir
She stepped off the kerb
BUT Elle descendit du trottoir.
kerb crawler n personne qui accoste les prostitué(e)s en voiture
kerb-crawling [ˈkɜːrbkrɔːlɪŋ] ndrague > f en voiture

kerb
n (Brit) → Bordkante f, → Randstein m

kerb:
kerb crawler
nFreier mim Autostrich (inf)
kerb crawling
nAutostrich m
kerb crawling area
nAutostrich m
kerb drill
kerb market
n (St Ex) → Freiverkehr m
kerbside
nStraßenrand m
kerbstone
nBordstein m, → Randstein m
kerb weight
n (of a car)Leergewicht nt

kerb [kɜːb] n (Brit) → bordo or orlo del marciapiede
kerb [kɜːb] n (Brit) → bordo or orlo del marciapiede

kerb
n kerb [kəːb]
(especially Americancurb) an edging, usually of stone, round a raised area, especially a pavement The old lady stepped off the kerb right in front of a car. sypaadjie حافَّة الرَّصيف бордюр obrubník kantsten der Randstein κράσπεδο bordillo (tee)ääris جدول؛ لبه جوی کنار خیابان reunakiveys bordure de trottoir שְׂפַת הַמִדרָכָה किनारा rub pločnika járdaszegély tepi trotoar gangstéttarbrún (bordo della strada), (cordone del marciapiede) へり (보도의) 연석(緣石) šaligatvio kraštas, bordiūras ietves mala bebendul jalan stoeprand fortauskant krawężnik calçada a doborî (la pă­mânt), a trânti край тротуара obrubník robnik pločnika ivičnjak trottoarkant ขอบถนน kaldırım kenarı (人行道的)石頭路緣 обочина, узбіччя سڑک کی پیدل پٹری یا چبوترے کا سنگین کنارا یا حاشیہ lề đường
n kerbstone
a stone used as part of a kerb. randsteen حَجَر حافَّة الرَّصيف плочка (от бордюр) obrubní kámen kantsten der Randstein πέτρα κράσπεδου bordillo; cuneta ääriskivi سنگ جدول خیابان reunakivi pierre de bordure de trottoir אֶבֶן שָׂפָה कोर पत्थर, पटरी के किनारे का पत्थर rubni kamen pločnika járdaszegély(kő) batu tepi trotoar kantsteinn (pietra del cordone del marciapiede) ふち石 연석 akmeninis bordiūras ietves malas akmens batu bebendul jalan steen van een stoeprand kantstein krawężnik calçada бордюрный камень obrubný kameň robni kamen pločnika kamen za ivičnjak kantsten ส่วนของขอบถนนที่เป็นหิน kenar taşı, kaldırım taşı 路緣用的石頭 бордюрний камінь راستے کی پٹری کا کوئی پتھر đá lề đường

kerb حاجز حجرى obrubník kantsten Bordkante κράσπεδο borde de la acera, bordillo jalkakäytävän reunus bord du trottoir rub pločnika cordolo 縁石 연석 stoeprand fortauskant krawężnik margem de calçada, passeio para peões бордюр trottoarkant ขอบถนน kaldırım taşı lề đường 路缘


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The woman had paid but passing attention to the vehicle, merely noting that it discharged no passenger, but stood at the kerb with the motor running as though waiting for a fare from the residence before which it had stopped.
A girl, however, who had been driving a small car very slowly on the other side of the road, suddenly swung across, drew up by the kerb and leaned towards him.
For some minutes he had been eyeing his lordship appraisingly from the edge of the kerb, and now, secure in the fact that there seemed to be no policeman in the immediate vicinity, he anchored himself in front of him and observed that he had a wife and four children at home, all starving.
 
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