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berm
[burm]
noun
Fortification.Also berme. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
Also called bench.any level strip of ground at the summit or sides, or along the base, of a slope.
Also called backshore.Also called beach berm.a nearly flat back portion of a beach, formed of material deposited by the action of the waves.
Chiefly Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.the bank of a canal or the shoulder of a road.
Chiefly Alaska.a mound of snow or dirt, as formed when clearing land.
a bank of earth placed against an exterior wall or walls of a house or other building as protection against extremes of temperature.
verb (used with object)
to cover or protect with a berm.
The side walls were bermed to a height of three feet.
berm
/ ɜː /
noun
a narrow path or ledge at the edge of a slope, road, or canal
the grass verge of a suburban street, usually kept mown
fortifications a narrow path or ledge between a moat and a rampart
military a man-made ridge of sand, designed as an obstacle to tanks, which, in crossing it, have to expose their vulnerable underparts
berm
A nearly horizontal or landward-sloping portion of a beach formed by the deposition of sediment by storm waves. A beach may have no berm at all, or it may have more than one berm.
A narrow man-made ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of berm1
Example Sentences
In the late afternoon, videos showing chaotic scenes as thousands of men, women and children streamed into the site, walking over torn-down fences and earth berms.
Vazquez also said that crews took measures, including installing a type of berm, to prevent burned home debris from washing off properties.
A snow berm left by this week’s storm obscured the camera’s view into the nest.
The van got stuck on a sand berm and its two occupants ran off, investigators said.
They have also installed thousands of sandbags, K-rails and compost filter socks — a type of berm — to keep dangerous debris from flowing into storm drains and out into the ocean.
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