Curbing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The material used to construct a curb.
  • n. A row of curbstones; a curb.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of curb.
  • n. A row of curbstones; the material used to construct such a curb
  • n. The damage caused to a wheel or tire by curbing (running the wheel or tire into or over a curb).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of checking or restraining.
  • n. Material prepared for curbstones either roughly worked to dimension, or finished ready to set.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
  • Verb Form
    curbed    curbing    curbs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    securities market    stock exchange    stock market    edge    restraint    bit    cumber    constrain    restrain    encumber   
    Cross Reference
    control    restraint    market    curb market   
    Form
    roof curb   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    subject    subdue    restrain    confine    bend    crouch    cringe    curbstone   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Herb    Serb    blurb    disturb    erb    herb    kerb    perturb    reverb    superb   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sidewalk    walkway    parapet    driveway    ledge    stairway