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Berm

//bɜː(ɹ)m// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
2
a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road wordnet
3
A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
"The big canals in Europe, in Holland, have a great big berm on the side of the canal several feet wide, which they leave there on purpose to plant reeds in, so as to get a reedy vegetation to protect their slope. Then, beyond that, there is an earthen slope that is grassed and sodded."
4
a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope wordnet
5
One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine. Australia

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6
A terrace or shelf of sand along a beach, formed above the high tide water level by wave action.
"On some beaches, the berm grows higher in summer and flattens out in the rougher winter seas."
7
A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
"A berm separates the Moroccan-controlled and Polisario-controlled parts of Western Sahara."
8
A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest. Canada, US
9
A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
10
A strip of land between a street and sidewalk. New-Zealand, Pennsylvania
"The sun soaked our street in hot yellow, and the berms were gasping for water."
11
The edge of a road. Pennsylvania, Western

Verb

1
To provide something with a berm

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Dutch berm (“strip of roadside grass, verge”), probably via French berme, from Middle Dutch barm, baerm, barem (“verge, bank”), from Old Dutch *barm, from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“edge, border, seam”).

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