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curbs

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /kɝːb/
    • /kɜːb/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /kɝːb/

Definitions of curbs word

  • noun curbs Plural form of curb. 1
  • noun curbs plural of curb. 0

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Parts of speech for Curbs

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

curbs popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for curbs

verb curbs

  • controls — a device or mechanism for operating or regulating a car, aircraft, etc
  • hinders — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • checks — Plural form of check.
  • cheques — Plural form of cheque.
  • clogs — Plural form of clog.

noun curbs

  • barriers — anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced.
  • reins — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
  • borders — administrative division of S Scotland, on the English border: 1,800 sq mi (4,662 sq km); pop. 101,000
  • brakes — any of several large or coarse ferns, especially the bracken, Pteridium aquilinum.
  • chains — Plural form of chain.

Antonyms for curbs

verb curbs

  • advances — personal overtures made in an attempt to become friendly, gain a favour, etc
  • aids — AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases. AIDS is an abbreviation for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.
  • assists — Plural form of assist.
  • forwards — forward.

noun curbs

  • centers — Plural form of center.
  • centres — Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
  • insides — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
  • interiors — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.

Top questions with curbs

  • what curbs appetite?
  • where to buy concrete parking curbs?

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