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Berm

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounA narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope. (Can we verify this sense?)
2.NounA raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
3.NounOne of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
4.NounA 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."
5.NounA 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."
6.NounA small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.
7.NounA ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
8.NounA strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
9.NounThe edge of a road.
10.VerbTo provide something with a berm
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