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CURBING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

Synonyms:

curb; curbing; kerb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("curbing" is a kind of...):

edge (a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object)

Meronyms (parts of "curbing"):

curbstone; kerbstone (a paving stone forming part of a curb)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb curb

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