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KURBST-ohn/ˈkɜːbstəʊn/

A kerbstone is one of the stones that make the kerb, the edge between pavement and road (UK). US curbstone / curb. You can trip on a kerbstone; drop a key down the gap. Countable. The kerb is the whole edge; a kerbstone is one block.

Meaning

One of the stones that form the kerb between pavement and road (UK; US curbstone).

Examples

• “He sat on the kerbstone to tie his shoelace.”
• “He chipped a kerbstone when he reversed too close to the pavement.”
• “Paint on the kerbstones marks a disabled bay outside the library.”

Good to know

a kerbstone (UK). US: a curbstone. Contrast: the kerb (the whole edge) / the pavement. UK kerb, US curb.

Near in meaning

curbstone

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