berm
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berm
- /bɜː(ɹ)m/
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
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”).
noun berms
- A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
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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.
Similar: heelpath
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One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
Similar: bench, bench floor
- 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.
- 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.
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A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.
Similar: windrow
- A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
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A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
The sun soaked our street in hot yellow, and the berms were gasping for water.
Similar: berm, besidewalk, boulevard, boulevard strip, city easement, common, county strip, curb lawn, curb strip, devil strip/devil's strip/devilstrip, drivestrip/drive strip, easement
- The edge of a road.
verb berms · berming · bermed
- To provide something with a berm
Translations
Talk about this word "berm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/berm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. berm. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/berm "berm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/berm.Cite this
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title = {berm},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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