berm

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)m/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m === Noun === berm (plural berms) A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath. Synonym: (canal path) heelpath (mining, Australia) One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine. Synonyms: (US) bench, (US) bench floor Coordinate terms: (Australia) batter, (US) bench face 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. (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. Synonym: (Australia) windrow A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification. (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:verge (Western Pennsylvania) The edge of a road. ==== Derived terms ==== Cape Cod berm ==== Translations ==== === Verb === berm (third-person singular simple present berms, present participle berming, simple past and past participle bermed) To provide something with a berm === References === “berm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. berm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Berms on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Brem == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch baerm, from Old Dutch *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛrm/ Hyphenation: berm Rhymes: -ɛrm === Noun === berm m (plural bermen, diminutive bermpje n) berm, verge, roadside (strip of land next to a road, street or sidewalk) ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== berm alternative form of berme === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== berm (Early Middle English, West Midland) alternative form of barm