BERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does berm mean? 

• BERM (noun)
  The noun BERM has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: BERM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BERM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("berm" is a kind of...):

ledge; shelf (a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

berm; shoulder

Context example:

the car pulled off onto the shoulder

Hypernyms ("berm" is a kind of...):

edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "berm"):

hard shoulder (a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies))

Holonyms ("berm" is a part of...):

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)