curb
- kerb
‘curb’
Curb can be a noun or a verb.
If you curb something, you control it and keep it within definite limits.
...proposals to curb the powers of the Home Secretary.
You must curb your extravagant tastes.
You can say that someone imposes a curb on something.
This requires a curb on public spending.
Another year of wage curbs is inevitable.
‘kerb’
Curb is also the American spelling of the noun kerb. There is no difference in pronunciation. The kerb is the raised edge between a pavement and a road.
The taxi pulled into the kerb.
I pulled up at the curb.