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Highway noise barrier
Answer for the clue "Highway noise barrier ", 4 letters:
berm
Alternative clues for the word berm
Word definitions for berm in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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 A terrace formed by wave action along a beach 4 A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Berm \Berm\ Berme \Berme\, n. [F. berme, of German origin; cf. G. brame, br["a]me, border, akin to E. brim.] (Fort.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch. (Engineering) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch ...
Usage examples of berm.
Like a rusty red pimple, the cab of the junked truck stuck out of the base of the twenty-five-foot-high berm wall, facing the highway south.
The berm formed a defensive perimeter around the Willie ville complex.
The slaves, who were kept in hovels outside the berm, were always glad to get their grub.
Hylander asked, keeping back from the edge of the circle, well out of the line of fire of the other berm emplacements.
The small number of muties who handled menial tasks inside the berm were hobbled by chains and shackles on their ankles.
If the stickies broke through the berm and entered the grounds tonight, Elijah wanted his defenders to be able to see them.
It would let groups of stickies break through the berm barrier in specific places, funneling them into prearranged killzones.
Start the patrols in close and have them gradually fan out, but keep them in sight of the berm at all times.
The view from the berm blasterport was due south, down the empty six-lane highway.
They could see the hotel and part of the amusement zone sticking up above the berm line.
The Willie ville slave quarters were built right up against the berm wall.
At the foot of the berm, the sun flared off the chrome bumper of a buried truck.
It ran under the berm at the north end of the ville, near the rear of the hotel.
Once the berm was breached and his army was pouring through the gap, it would be no contest.
They watched the mass of stickies disappear behind the lee of the berm wall.