Definitions
a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
Word origin
From Dutch berm (“strip of roadside grass, verge”), probably via French berme, from Middle Dutch barm, baerm, barem (“verge, bank”), from Old Dutch *barm, from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“edge, border, seam”).
Used in a sentence
“On some beaches, the berm grows higher in summer and flattens out in the rougher winter seas.”
“A berm separates the Moroccan-controlled and Polisario-controlled parts of Western Sahara.”
“The sun soaked our street in hot yellow, and the berms were gasping for water.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Road-edge bank”4 letters
02“Roadside strip”4 letters
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