Definitions from Wiktionary (berm)
▸ noun: A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
▸ noun: A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
▸ noun: (mining, Australia) One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
▸ noun: A terrace or shelf of sand along a beach, formed above the high tide water level by wave action.
▸ noun: A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
▸ noun: (mining, US, Canada) A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.
▸ noun: A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
▸ noun: (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
▸ noun: (Western Pennsylvania) The edge of a road.
▸ verb: To provide something with a berm
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▸ noun: A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
▸ noun: A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
▸ noun: (mining, Australia) One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
▸ noun: A terrace or shelf of sand along a beach, formed above the high tide water level by wave action.
▸ noun: A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
▸ noun: (mining, US, Canada) A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.
▸ noun: A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
▸ noun: (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
▸ noun: (Western Pennsylvania) The edge of a road.
▸ verb: To provide something with a berm
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berme,
bench,
Cape Cod berm,
shelve,
brink,
overbrow,
benchland,
scarpment,
escarpment,
brow,
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