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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

1. A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
2. A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
3. (mining, Australia) One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
4. A terrace or shelf of sand along a beach, formed above the high tide water level by wave action.
5. A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
6. (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.
7. A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
8. (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
9. (Western Pennsylvania) The edge of a road.

Verbit

1. To provide something with a berm