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empolder
transitive verb
em·polder
\ə̇m, em+\
variants: or
impolder
\ə̇m, em+\Definition of empolder
-ed/-ing/-s
: to make (land that is underwater or periodically flooded) cultivable by the erection of banks of levees to prevent or control inundation and by adequate drainage
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Origin and Etymology of empolder
Dutch inpolderen, from in- 1in- (akin to Old English in-) + polder
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