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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

curbless en · ADJ

Etymology

From curb + -less.

Meanings

  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:

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more curbless Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most curbless Degree=Sup lexicographic