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Definition of impolder in English: impolder(also empolder) verb ɪmˈpəʊldəimˈpōldər [with object]Make (an area of the seabed) into a polder by reclaiming it from the sea. Example sentencesExamples - A number of inland areas have been also been empoldered, some of them provided with pump drainage.
- Some were impoldered with embankments, pumps, and deep canals, but those proved hard to maintain.
- But, as the main waterways became silted up and were impoldered, the character of the city changed.
- Increasingly, however, the floodplain has become empoldered and compartmentalised for flood protection and agriculture.
- Even today the Dutch are famous for impoldering, building dikes and all kinds of water control.
Origin Late 19th century: from Dutch impolderen. Definition of impolder in US English: impolderverbimˈpōldər [with object]Make (an area of the seabed) into a polder by reclaiming it from the sea. Example sentencesExamples - But, as the main waterways became silted up and were impoldered, the character of the city changed.
- A number of inland areas have been also been empoldered, some of them provided with pump drainage.
- Even today the Dutch are famous for impoldering, building dikes and all kinds of water control.
- Increasingly, however, the floodplain has become empoldered and compartmentalised for flood protection and agriculture.
- Some were impoldered with embankments, pumps, and deep canals, but those proved hard to maintain.
Origin Late 19th century: from Dutch impolderen. |