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Definition of Berm in English :

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Noun

1. berm

a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope

2. berm, shoulder

a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

Example Sentences:
'the car pulled off onto the shoulder'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Berm

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noun

1.

a narrow path or ledge at the edge of a slope, road, or canal

2. New Zealand

the grass verge of a suburban street, usually kept mown

3. fortifications

a narrow path or ledge between a moat and a rampart

4. military

a man-made ridge of sand, designed as an obstacle to tanks, which, in crossing it, have to expose their vulnerable underparts

Berm

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noun

1.

a ledge or space between the ditch and parapet in a fortification

: also sp. berme

2. US, Dialectal

the shoulder of a road

3.

a narrow ledge or path as at the top or bottom of a slope, or along a beach

4.

a wall or mound of earth

Berm

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n.

1.

a. A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.

b. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, & West Virginia The shoulder of a road.

c. A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.

2. A nearly horizontal or landward-sloping portion of a beach, formed by the deposition of sediment by storm waves.

3. A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.

4. The flat space between the edge of a ditch and the base of a fortification.

tr.v. bermed, berm·ing, berms

To provide with a berm or berms.

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