Pavement vs Curb - What's the difference?
pavement | curb |
Any paved floor.
* Milton
(chiefly, British) A paved footpath, especially at the side of a road.
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, chapter=14 (US, uncountable) Paved exterior surface, as with a road or sidewalk.
The interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings such as a cathedral.
(North America) A row of concrete along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK )
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.
* Denham
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A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
* Drayton
(North America) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with an adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
To check, restrain or control.
* "Curb your dog."
* Prior
To rein in.
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
To bend or curve.
* Holland
To crouch; to cringe.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between pavement and curb
is that pavement is any paved floor while curb is a row of concrete along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK.As a verb curb is
to check, restrain or control.pavement
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The riches of heaven's pavement , trodden gold.
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Synonyms
* (footpath) sidewalk (US), footpath, footway, platform * (surface of road) roadway (UK), road surface (UK); pavingDerived terms
* hit the pavement * pavement pizza * pound the pavementSee also
* footpath * sidewalk * (wikipedia) English words with different meanings in different locations ----curb
English
Alternative forms
* kerb (British)Noun
(en noun)- By these men, religion, that should be / The curb , is made the spur of tyranny.
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- He that before ran in the pastures wild / Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws.
Derived terms
* curb appeal * curb service * roof curbVerb
(en verb)- Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires.
- crooked and curbed lines
- Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, / Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good.