kerb

• curb (US and Canada)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɝb/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɜːb/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
• Homophone: curb

kerb (plural kerbs)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones.
2. A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.

• kerb weight
• kerby

kerb (third-person singular simple present kerbs, present participle kerbing, simple past and past participle kerbed)

1. (Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.

• Berk, berk, brek

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɾb/

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