Meanings
plural curbsides
- A location next to the curb.
He parked behind her, then approached Bland's Hyundai slowly along the curbside, leaning in to speak to her through the open passenger window.
2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 3131 more example
The City Council unanimously passed a bill yesterday that would sharply increase fines for people who steal recyclable material from curbsides […].
2007 September 26, Ray Rivera, “City Council Increases Fines for Theft of Recyclable Trash”, in New York TimesSynonyms: kerbside
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA location next to the curb.
Origin
- Englishcurb
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
- Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
- Old Englishsīde
- Middle Englishside
- Englishside
- Englishcurbside
Cite this entry
curbside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curbside
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