how to pronounce berm

/ˈbɝm/

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berm is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of berm in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

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meanings of berm

noun:

A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
A terrace formed by wave action along a beach.
A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.

verb:

To provide something with a berm.

berm frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word berm occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics berm can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that berm can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;