A raised bank or mound of earth built to block, protect, or separate.

• Used in fortifications, canals, open-pit mines, and construction.

A ridge or terrace of sand on a beach above high tide formed by waves.

• Forms a flat shelf along the backshore.

A strip of land at a road edge, including the shoulder or the strip between street and sidewalk.

• Used for separation, safety, or drainage.

To provide something with a berm.

• To build an earth bank alongside.