Kerbstone

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A paving stone that forms part of a kerb. UK

    "You see this creature with her kerbstone English: the English that will keep her in the gutter to the end of her days. Well, sir, in three months I could pass that girl off as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party."

  2. 2
    a paving stone forming part of a curb wordnet

Synonyms

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asphaltblacktopbrickcementcobblestoneconcrete

Example

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"Men occupied the pavement to the kerbstone."

Etymology

From kerb + stone.

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