English
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Noun
kerb (plural kerbs)
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones.
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Translations
edge between pavement and roadway
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- Irish: colbha m
- Italian: orlo del marciapiede m
- Japanese: 縁石 (えんせき, enseki, ふちいし, fuchiishi, へりいし, heriishi)
- Persian: جدول (fa) (jadval)
- Polish: krawężnik (pl) m
- Portuguese: guia (pt) f, meio-fio (pt) m, lancil (pt) m
- Russian: бордю́р (ru) m (bordjúr), поре́брик (ru) m (porébrik) (regional, rare)
- Scottish Gaelic: oir chabhsair f
- Serbo-Croatian: rubnik (sh), ivičnjak (sh) m
- Spanish: bordillo (es) m
- Swedish: trottoarkant (sv) c
- Welsh: ymyl palmant c
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Verb
kerb (third-person singular simple present kerbs, present participle kerbing, simple past and past participle kerbed)
- (Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
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