Definition of "berm" in English

noun

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

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

3. (mining, Australia) One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.

4. A 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. A 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. (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.

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

8. (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.

9. (Western Pennsylvania) The edge of a road.

verb

1. To provide something with a berm