How do you use Berm in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like ledge or shelf, plus the exact meaning.
Berm in a sentence
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Berm meaning
- A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
- A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
- One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
Using Berm
- The main meaning on this page is: A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope. | A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath. | One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
- Useful related words include: ledge, shelf, shoulder, edge.
- In the example corpus, berm often appears in combinations such as: the berm, berm and, berm along.
Context around Berm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Berm
- In this selection, "berm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sand, earthen, new, used, near and needs stand out and add context to how "berm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a berm needs to and a berm on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "berm" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with berm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A berm needs to be built. (6 words)
Feel the Berm!: If this is true this will be huge. (11 words)
An excavator was on scene creating a berm to prevent further contamination. (12 words)
The job, which will be finished within 90 days, includes building a soil berm at the border line in the middle of the Tijuana River, which will be topped with “minimum 3 rows of razor wire,” the contracting documents say. (40 words)
A breach in a protective berm along the bank of the Missouri just southwest of the Boyer and Missouri confluence as well as a breach in the Honey Creek Drainage Ditch have been reported to officials. (36 words)
State police say Winter Shaul was riding an ATV in the area of Redling Road in the Schoharie County town of Fulton, when he lost control at a small berm around 4 p.m. Tuesday. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Destruction of flora on the berm by the use of herbicides, excessive pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or disruption to fresh water flows may lead to erosion of the berm and dunes.
In addition, an earthen berm will be constructed along Kenwood Drive and Tibbs Street.
Ming Xiao, an engineering professor at Penn State University, stands on Aug. 3 by a piled-up sand berm used as a makeshift barrier to protect parts of Utqiagvik from storm-driven flooding.
One was building the trash rack to keep the flood debris out of town; the other was to raise the berm along the north edge of the diversion channel.
Instead, CU filled ponds, leveled the site and constructed a berm that increased the intensity and depth of flows in the channel and arguably worsened flooding downstream in 2013.
Morocco considers the territory its southern provinces and governs the majority of the land, except for a small sliver on the eastern side of a sand berm near the Algerian border.
The sand will then be moved and shaped into a berm along the beach.
After years of DA pressure on the Provincial government, the Ugu District Municipality has been allocated R2,7 million for the construction of a new berm.
No driving or parking is allowed on the berm, and a valid Florida Fishing License is required.
Residents turned out in full force to build and reinforce a berm to protect the town nestled along the shores of the Ottawa and Mattawa rivers.
State police say Winter Shaul was riding an ATV in the area of Redling Road in the Schoharie County town of Fulton, when he lost control at a small berm around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
A berm needs to be built.
A berm on the Ottawa River near Jamieson Street holds back the rising Ottawa River from the Britannia area Saturday, April 27, 2019.
A breach in a protective berm along the bank of the Missouri just southwest of the Boyer and Missouri confluence as well as a breach in the Honey Creek Drainage Ditch have been reported to officials.
The job, which will be finished within 90 days, includes building a soil berm at the border line in the middle of the Tijuana River, which will be topped with “minimum 3 rows of razor wire,” the contracting documents say.
The project consists of constructing a berm about 5,000 feet long below the Kenai Bluffs toe.
An excavator was on scene creating a berm to prevent further contamination.
Feel the Berm!: If this is true this will be huge.
Gwinnup said the berm would hold back water during heavy rains and prevent topsoil from leaching out of the fields.
Haniger’s fifth homer was a two-out shot to the berm in center field against Chris Martin.
Common combinations with berm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the berm 16×
- berm and 3×
- berm along 3×
- new berm 3×
- berm to 3×
- sand berm 2×
- berm that 2×
- berm on 2×
- berm would 2×
- sixth berm 2×