Usually means: Edge defining street and sidewalk.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. curb: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. curb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. curb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. curb: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Curb, curb: Vocabulary.com
  6. Curb, curb: Wordnik
  7. curb: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Curb: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. curb: Wiktionary
  10. curb: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. curb: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. curb: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. curb: Dictionary.com
  14. curb: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. curb: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Curb (album), Curb (disambiguation), Curb (horse), Curb (road), Curb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Curb: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. curb: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. curb: Rhymezone
  20. curb: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. curb: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. curb: Free Dictionary
  23. curb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. curb: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. curb: Finance-Glossary.com
  5. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  6. Curb (disambiguation), curb: Legal dictionary
  7. The Curb: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Curb (disambiguation), curb: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Curb (disambiguation), curb: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. CURB: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. curb: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. curb, curb, curb: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. curb: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Roofing Terms (No longer online)
  3. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  4. Curb: Construction Glossary

(Note: See curbed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (American spelling, Canadian spelling) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
noun:  A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
noun:  Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
noun:  A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
noun:  (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
noun:  A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
verb:  (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
verb:  (transitive) To rein in.
verb:  (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
verb:  (transitive) To bring to a stop beside a curb.
verb:  (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
verb:  (transitive) To bend or curve.
verb:  (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.
verb:  (transitive, slang) Ellipsis of curb stomp. [To stomp on someone's head, forcing it into a street curb (often while they are positioned with their teeth biting the curb).]

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