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berm

UK/bɜː(ɹ)m/ US/ˈbɜrm/ rare us

noun

1.

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

2.

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • Cape Cod berm

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