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n. A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.

n. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, & West Virginia The shoulder of a road.

n. A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.

n. A nearly horizontal or landward-sloping portion of a beach, formed by the deposition of sediment by storm waves.

n. A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.

n. The flat space between the edge of a ditch and the base of a fortification.

v. To provide with a berm or berms.

n. A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope

n. A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath

n. A terrace formed by wave action along a beach

n. A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation

n. A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification

n. A strip of land between a street and sidewalk (regional)

v. To provide something with a berm

n. A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.

n. A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.

n. A narrow ledge; specifically, in fortification, a space of ground or a terrace from 3 to 5 feet in width, left between the rampart and the moat or foss, designed to receive the ruins of the rampart in the event of a bombardment, and to prevent the earth from filling the foss.

n. The bank or side of a canal which is opposite to the towing-path. Also called berm-bank.

n. In railroad engin., the narrow horizontal plane between the foot of the embankment or excavation slope and the top of the slope of the side-ditch.

n. a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope

n. a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

"And the Louisiana berm is not the only example of rushed emergency permitting of a major project."

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shelf    ledge   

ledge    edge    tree lawn   

Germ    Herm    affirm    confirm    ferm    firm    germ    herm    infirm    long-term   

embankment    towpath    intrench    dozer    wind-break    airstrip    swale    levee    breakwater    half-glass