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Added 8 October 2026

curb

/kɝb/ noun

In Latin: crepīdō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about curb at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb .
A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.

verb

To check, restrain or control.
Curb your dog
To rein in.
To furnish (a well etc.) with a curb; to restrain (a bank of earth, etc.) by a curb.

Origin

From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve.

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