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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024berm /bɜrm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geology, Geographya level strip of ground at the top of a slope.
- the shoulder of a road.
- a mound of snow or dirt:dug in inside their berms.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024berm (bûrm),USA pronunciation n. - Also, berme. [Fort.]a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Geology, Geography, Geology, Place NamesAlso called bench. any level strip of ground at the summit or sides, or along the base, of a slope.
- GeologyAlso called backshore, beach berm. a nearly flat back portion of a beach, formed of material deposited by the action of the waves.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.]the bank of a canal or the shoulder of a road.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly Alaska.]a mound of snow or dirt, as formed when clearing land.
- Civil Engineeringa bank of earth placed against an exterior wall or walls of a house or other building as protection against extremes of temperature.
v.t. - Civil Engineeringto cover or protect with a berm:The side walls were bermed to a height of three feet.
- Dutch berm; akin to brim1
- French berme
- 1720–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: berm, berme /bɜːm/ n - a narrow path or ledge at the edge of a slope, road, or canal
- NZ the grass verge of a suburban street, usually kept mown
- a man-made ridge of sand, designed as an obstacle to tanks, which, in crossing it, have to expose their vulnerable underparts
Etymology: 18th Century: from French berme, from Dutch berm, probably from Old Norse barmr brim |