Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "curb" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

bus stop city corner of two streets next to street ohio sidewalk stockmarket street corner

Derived Terms

bite the curb curb appeal curb bit curb chain curb crawler curb cut curb cut effect curb extension curb market curb number curb roof curb service curb strip curb weight curb-appeal curb-bit curbable curber curbless curbside curbstone kick to the curb roof curb trading curb turtle curb uncurb

Context

north america

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bit circumscribe confine to control cumber edge encumber hinder hold back keep keep back limit restrain restraint

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bridle gag muzzle silence

Type Of (IsA)

bit edge man made structure

Manner Of

restrain

Related Terms

curby curvature curve curvy

Related Terms

airport bend bit bite bridle bumper check chin groove concrete control cringe crouch curb stomp curvaceous curvature curve curvy damage dome edge edge of edging force furnish hit hock kerb lameness lining margin pavement pavement edge rein rein in restrain restraint road road edge road edging side sidewalk sidewalk edge street street bumper street lining street side strengthening swelling terminal well

Synonym Network

american stock exchange behedge bend bow bridle control curb stomp hindrance restraint restrict

Used For

collecting rainwater defining sidewalk delimiting street delinate land area directing flow of traffic directing water flow edge of road edge of roak edge of street forming edge of street guiding water to sewers gutter jump on keeping cars off sidewalk keeping vehicles on street managing runoff parking car parking next to raising sidewalk above street level roads separating pedestrians from vehicles separating street from sidewalk sitting on spitting on street tripping over

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.