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

kerb or US & Canad curb
Noun
a line of stone or concrete forming an edge between a pavement and a roadway [Old French courbe bent]
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 [kəːb] n (BRIT) → bordillo

kerb [kəːb] n (Brit) → bordure f du trottoir

kerb [kəːb] (Brit) nBordstein m

kerb [kəːb] n (BRIT) → 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 路邊鑲邊石 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 bordure de trottoir pierre de 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 연석으로 쓰이는 돌 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 鑲邊石 бордюрний камінь راستے کی پٹری کا کوئی پتھر đá lề đường


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