curb

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
  2. noun a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
  3. noun a stock exchange in New York

Etymology

From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve.

In classic literature

Synonyms

curbing, kerb

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