kerbstone

Questions about kerbstone

What does kerbstone mean?

kerbstone means "a paving stone forming part of a curb".

How many syllables are in kerbstone?

kerbstone has 2 syllables and divides as kerb-stone under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for kerbstone?

Close synonyms include curbstone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kerbstone a common word?

kerbstone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.