berm

Plural: berms

Noun

• A narrow shelf, ledge, or flat strip of ground.
• a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope
• a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
• A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
• A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
• One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
• A terrace or shelf of sand along a beach, formed above the high tide water level by wave action.
• A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
• A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.
• A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
• A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
• The edge of a road.

Verb

• To provide something with a berm

Examples

• A berm separates the Moroccan-controlled and Polisario-controlled parts of Western Sahara.
• On some beaches, the berm grows higher in summer and flattens out in the rougher winter seas.
• The single letter ’M’ on the edge of the board formed a small berm.

Synonyms

shoulder, bench, bench floor, berm, besidewalk, boulevard, boulevard strip, city easement, common, county strip, curb lawn, curb strip, devil strip/devil's strip/devilstrip, drivestrip/drive strip, easement, extension lawn, furniture zone, grass bay, grassplot, heelpath, hellstrip, island strip, landscape zone, long acre, median, mow strip, nature strip, neutral ground, parking, parking strip, parkrow, parkstrip/park strip, parkway, parkway strip, planter zone, planting strip, right-of-way, road allowance, road verge, roadside, sidewalk buffer, sidewalk lawn, sidewalk plot, sidewalk strip, street lawn, subway, swale, terrace, tree belt, tree box, tree lawn, utility strip, verge, windrow