1
: a narrow shelf, path, or ledge typically at the top or bottom of a slope
also
: a mound or wall of earth or sand
a landscaped berm
2
: the shoulder of a road
… deer … feeding on the berm of the highway …—
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In Newport Beach, city crews built berms to protect homes on the Newport Peninsula from flooding.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 11 June 2026
Visitors might arrive by crossing the central plaza; emerging from the underground parking garage, nestled into a berm; or else wandering in from the surrounding Jackson Park, a network of pastoral paths completed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1871.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
At times, the wildlife center said, neighbors who oppose them have blocked Coleman Road with logs, stones, gravel berms, and heavy ropes and chains.
—Dana Hedgpeth The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026
The team’s goal was to dig up the regolith and then deposit it in the form of a long berm, a challenge that mimics NASA’s future needs to build up protective walls on the moon’s surface to keep infrastructure safe when rockets launch and land, kicking up lunar dust.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2026
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 11 June 2026
Visitors might arrive by crossing the central plaza; emerging from the underground parking garage, nestled into a berm; or else wandering in from the surrounding Jackson Park, a network of pastoral paths completed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1871.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
At times, the wildlife center said, neighbors who oppose them have blocked Coleman Road with logs, stones, gravel berms, and heavy ropes and chains.
—Dana Hedgpeth The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026
The team’s goal was to dig up the regolith and then deposit it in the form of a long berm, a challenge that mimics NASA’s future needs to build up protective walls on the moon’s surface to keep infrastructure safe when rockets launch and land, kicking up lunar dust.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2026
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“Berm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/berm. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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berm
noun
: a shelf or path at the top or bottom of a slope
also
: a mound or wall of earth
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