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curbless

curbless adjective: without a curb (raised margin).

Adjective

curbless (comparative more curbless, superlative most curbless)

  1. (literally) Without a curb (raised margin).
    • Both the long, angled wall and another, shorter wall in the curbless shower contain glass block windows that provide natural light...2008, Wendy A Jordan, Universal Design for the Home
  2. (figuratively) Without restraint; uncurbed, unchecked.
    • His force was the preternatural activity of a strong imagination, which, curbless and uncontrolled, bore him whithersoever it would.1856, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge, The North American Review

Forms of curbless

comparativemore curbless
superlativemost curbless

Origin of curbless

From curb + -less.

Questions about curbless

What does curbless mean?
Curbless means without a curb (raised margin).
What part of speech is curbless?
Curbless is an adjective.

Words near curbless in the dictionary

  1. Curbelos
  2. curber
  3. curbers
  4. curbing
  5. curbings
  6. curbless
  7. curblike
  8. Curborough
  9. Curborough and Elmhurst
  10. Curbow
  11. Curbows

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