Curbstone

Definition: Curbstone

Curbstone

Noun

1. A paving stone forming part of a curb.

Date "curbstone" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

Domain	Definition
Building & Civil Engineering	An edging(as of concrete)built along a street to form part of a gutter. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To dream of stepping on a curbstone, denotes your rapid rise in business circles, and that you will be held in high esteem by your friends and the public. For lovers to dream of stepping together on a curb, denotes an early marriage and consequent fidelity; but if in your dream you step or fall from a curbstone your fortunes will be reversed. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
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Synonym: Curbstone

Synonym: kerbstone (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Limit	Noun: limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation; termination, terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Curbstone

English words defined with "curbstone": Edge stone. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Poetry Like Bread: Poets of the Political Imagination from Curbstone Press (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Denmark	Poems by both writers have been translated into English by the Curbstone Press. (references)
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Expression using "curbstone": Curbstone broker. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "curbstone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		бордюр (curb, edge-stone, frieze, kerb, kerbstone, list). (various references)

Danish		kantsten (curb, edging, kerb, raised kerb, upstanding kerb), fortovskant (curb, edging, kerb), afvisersten. (various references)

Dutch		verhoogde band (curb, edging, kerb), trottoirband (curb, edging, kerb, raised kerb, upstanding kerb), stoeprand (curb, edging, kerb), schutpaal, schampstrook (curb, edging, kerb), schamprand (curb, edging, kerb), schampkant (curb, edging, kerb), opsluitband (curb, edging, kerb), kantopsluiting (curb, edging, kerb). (various references)

Farsi		سنگ جدول پیاده روخیابان . (various references)

French		bouteroue, bordure de trottoir (curb), bordure (curb). (various references)

German		bordstein (curb, kerb, kerbstone), Randstein (curb, kerb, kerbstone). (various references)

Greek		κράσπεδο πεζοδρομίου (curb, edging, kerb), κράσπεδο (causeway, curb, edging, flounce, fringe, furbelow, hem, skirt, wayside, welt), κατάστρωμα (board, deck), προστατευτικός στύλος, ακρόλιθοσ πεζοδρόμιου (curb). (various references)

Hebrew		אבן שפ�" (kerbstone). (various references)

Italian		cordone (cord, cordon, flex, lanyard, pull, string), cordolo (curb, edging, kerb, seam), ciglio (brink, edge, eyelash, eyelashes, lash), paracarro (kerbstone), bordo di marciapiede (curb, edging, kerb), bordo (board, border, edge, flange, fringe, hem, kerb, margin, rim, side, verge), banchina laterale (curb, edging, kerb, shoulder, verge). (various references)

Pig Latin		urbstonecay

Portuguese		cercadura de passeio (curb, edging, kerb), lancil (curb, edging, kerb), frade (brother, friar, monk, regular, religious, shaveling). (various references)

Russian		бордюрный камень (edge, kerbstone). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kamen ivičnjaka (kerb stone, kerbstone). (various references)

Spanish		cordón (aglet, aiglet, aiguillette, bootlace, chord, cord, cordon, flex, lace, shoelace, shoe-lace, string), contén (curb, edging, extruded kerb of coated materials, kerb), solera (sill), guarnición (equipment, facing, garnish, garniture, garrison, guard, packing, trim, trimming), guardacanton, encintado para acera (curb, edging, kerb), brocal (curb), bordillo (curb, keratin, kerb, kerbstone, sidewalk). (various references)

Swedish		trottoarkant (curb, kerb, kerbstone). (various references)

Turkish		kaldırım taşı (cobble, cobblestone, cube, flag, flagstone, paving stone, sett). (various references)

Vietnamese		đá lát lề đường. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "curbstone": curbstones. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Curbstone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carstone. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "curbstone" (pronounced ker"bstō'n)
4	-s t ō' n	bloodstone, Bluestone, brownstone, capstone, cherrystone, cobblestone, cornerstone, Eyestone, Firestone, flagstone, Freestone, gallstone, gemstone, Gladstone, Goldstone, gravestone, greenstone, grindstone, hailstone, headstone, keystone, limestone, lodestone, milestone, millstone, moonstone, rhinestone, sandstone, steppingstone, tombstone, touchstone, whetstone.
3	-t ō' n	acetone, baritone, halftone, monotone, overtone, undertone.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-e-n-o-r-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: bouncers, burstone, construe, counters, recounts, trounces.
	-2 letters: becrust, becurst, bescour, bouncer, bounces, bournes, brunets, buncoes, bunters, burnets, burtons, cobnuts, contuse, cornets, cornute, counter, couters, encrust, obscure, obtuser, recount, scouter, sorbent, subrent, subtone, tenours, tonsure, trounce, unrobes, unsober.
	-3 letters: betons, boners, bounce, bourne, bourns, bourse, brents, broncs, brunet, brunts, brutes, buncos, bunter, burets, burnet.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-e-n-o-r-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: curbstones.
	+2 letters: construable, contributes, counterbids.
	+3 letters: broncobuster, carburetions, counterblast, counterblows, unobstructed.
	+4 letters: backcountries, broncobusters, constructible, counterblasts, elucubrations, precombustion, protuberances, subcontracted, subcontraries, tubocurarines.
	+5 letters: binocularities, constabularies, incorruptibles, precombustions, rediscountable, relubrications, republications.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
curbstone press	9
curbstone	4
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Curbstone

Definition: Curbstone

Curbstone

Noun

Specialty Definition: Curbstone

Building & Civil Engineering

Dream Interpretation

Synonym: Curbstone

Synonyms within Context: Curbstone

Limit

Crosswords: Curbstone

Commercial Usage: Curbstone

Books

Non-Fiction Usage: Curbstone

Economic History

Denmark

Expression: Curbstone

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Curbstone

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Anagrams: Curbstone

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