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noun
- 1. a flat strip of land, raised bank, or terrace bordering a river or canal.
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1. : a narrow shelf, path, or ledge typically at the top or bottom of a slope. also : a mound or wall of earth or sand. a landscaped berm. 2. : the shoulder of a road. deer … feeding on the berm of the highway Norman Erickson. Examples of berm in a Sentence.
A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier (usually made of compacted soil) separating areas in a vertical way, especially partway up a long slope. It can serve as a terrace road, track, path, a fortification line , a border / separation barrier for navigation, good drainage, industry, or other purposes.
a flat or raised strip of land, often created in order to separate or protect an area: The sand is deposited in berms or sand bars in shallow water. They constructed a berm designed to protect homes from flooding. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Geography: areas of land in general. bioregion. circuit. corner. curtilage. demesne.
a flat or raised strip of land, often created in order to separate or protect an area: The sand is deposited in berms or sand bars in shallow water. They constructed a berm designed to protect homes from flooding. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Geography: areas of land in general. bioregion.
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.
A berm is a raised strip of ground that runs along the side of a road or a body of water. You might stand on the berm by a lake with your fishing pole as you bait your hook. A berm is any stretch of grass or land that forms a kind of shelf above or along a river, train tracks, or highway.
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 ridge of sand, designed as an obstacle to tanks, which, in crossing it, have to expose their vulnerable underparts.
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.
Definition of berm noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Berm definition: A nearly horizontal or landward-sloping portion of a beach, formed by the deposition of sediment by storm waves.
