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curb

 
 
/kɜːb/ noun [C]

Translation

LIMIT something which limits or controls something
denetleyen, kontrol eden
They are proposing a curb on tobacco advertising.1872
ROAD US spelling of kerb (= the line of stones at the edge of a path next to the road)
bordür taşı, tretuvar kenarı
1694
(Definition of curb noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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