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How to pronounce “berm

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Pronunciation guide for berm

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of berm with real speech in context.
Available examples
7 YouTube examples
Real speech example
How Data-Driven Journalism Illuminates Patterns of Injusticethen got out of his car and climbed up on an earth berm
Definition summary
A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

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How to pronounce berm

How Data-Driven Journalism Illuminates Patterns of Injustice

then got out of his car and climbed up on an earth berm

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “berm

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  • A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
  • (mining, Australia) One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
  • A terrace or shelf of sand along a beach, formed above the high tide water level by wave action.
  • A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
  • (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.
  • A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
  • (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
  • (Western Pennsylvania) The edge of a road.
  • [Verb]
  • To provide something with a berm

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