| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  bûrm |
| NOUN: | 1a. 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 terrace formed by wave action along the backshore of a beach. 3. A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation. 4. A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: bermed, berm·ing, berms
To provide with a berm or berms. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French berme, from Dutch berm, from Middle Dutch bærm, berme.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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