noun
berm
BURM/bɜːrm/
A raised strip of earth along a road, ditch, or shoreline.
A grassy berm separates the houses from the highway.
Etymology
The original “edge of a dike” connects a berm with earthworks beside water. The word later named a canal bank and a roadside strip, extending that edge-of-an-earthwork image.
In context
anyone can say cease fire and that's if something is seen around in the surroundings that is imminently unsafe whether there's a dog or there's a person up on the berm a child something happens
More examples
- Workers build a low berm around the storage tanks.
- Rainwater collects behind the earthen berm.
- Cyclists lean into the curved berm beside the trail.
Forms
berm · berms
Similar words
- embankment
- Often a substantial raised bank supporting or protecting infrastructure.
- ridge
- Any long narrow raised feature, including natural landforms.