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curbstone

 
Dictionary: curb·stone   (kûrb'stōn') pronunciation

n.
A stone or row of stones that constitutes a curb.

adj.
Untrained or unsophisticated; amateurish: a curbstone commentator.


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A stone forming a curb or part of a curb.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a paving stone forming part of a curb
  Synonym: kerbstone


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kantsten
adj. - uøvet, usofistikeret

Nederlands (Dutch)
stoeprand, handelaar zonder kantoor

Français (French)
n. - (US) pierre (de bord du trottoir), inexpérience, simplicité, amateurisme
adj. - inexpérimenté, simple, en amateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bordstein
adj. - Straßen-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικοδ.) λίθος ρείθρου πεζοδρόμιου
adj. - (για χρηματιστή) εκτός χρηματιστηρίου, του πεζοδρομίου

Italiano (Italian)
pietra del cordolo, del marciapiede

Português (Portuguese)
n. - meio-fio (m) (Eng.)

Русский (Russian)
бордюр

Español (Spanish)
n. - bordillo, cordón de la vereda
adj. - frenado, refrenado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kantsten, trottoarsten
adj. - kantstens-, trottoar-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
路边石, 场外交易的, 非专业的, 偶感而发的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 路邊石
adj. - 場外交易的, 非專業的, 偶感而發的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (보도의) 연석, 꽁초
adj. - 장외 거래의, 풋내기의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 縁石
adj. - 場外で取引する, 素人の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حجرة الزاويه أو الرصيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אבן שפה‬
adj. - ‮לא מאומן, לא מתוחכם, חובבני‬


 
 
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