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berm
(redirected from bermed)

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berm  (bûrm)
n.
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. A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
4. The flat space between the edge of a ditch and the base of a fortification.
tr.v. bermed, berm·ing, berms
To provide with a berm or berms.

[French berme, from Dutch berm, from Middle Dutch bærm, berme.]

berm
Noun
NZ narrow grass strip between the road and the footpath in a residential area

berm  (bûrm)
1. 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.
2. A narrow man-made ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.berm - a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope
ledge, shelf - a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
2.berm - a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road; "the car pulled off onto the shoulder"
edge - the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge"
hard shoulder - a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies)
road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
Translations
berm [bəːm] n (US) (AUT) → arcén m
berm [bəːm] n (US) (Aut) → accotement m
berm [bəːm] (US) nSeitenstreifen m
berm [bəːm] n (US ) (AUT) → corsia d'emergenza


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Building and landscape fuse, through sod-clad roofs and a new bermed landscape of grass mounds and pools which conceals the parking and service areas.
The ASP had more than 50 bunkers and another 100-plus bermed up areas that contained small arms, artillery and mortar shells, mines and air-to-air as well as surface-to-air missiles.
Having lifted our helmeted heads over the bermed borders of Iraq, do we see the future?
 
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