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Meaning of Kerbstone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A paving stone that forms part of a kerb.

UK

Equivalents

العربية حجر الرّصيف
Suomi reunakivi reunuskivi

Examples

“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.”
“Gabriel often saw him on the streets, playing on the curbstone with other boys his age.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

kerby Kerce Kerch Kerch Strait kercher Kerchief

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