- a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- any level strip of ground at the summit or sides, or along the base, of a slope.
- a nearly flat back portion of a beach, formed of material deposited by the action of the waves.
- the bank of a canal or the shoulder of a road.
- a mound of snow or dirt, as formed when clearing land.
- a bank of earth placed against an exterior wall or walls of a house or other building as protection against extremes of temperature.
- to cover or protect with a berm: The side walls were bermed to a height of three feet.
- a narrow path or ledge at the edge of a slope, road, or canal
- the grass verge of a suburban street, usually kept mown
- a narrow path or ledge between a moat and a rampart
- a man-made ridge of sand, designed as an obstacle to tanks, which, in crossing it, have to expose their vulnerable underparts
