SINCE 1828
empolder
transitive verb
em·polder
variants:
or
impolder
\ə̇m,
em+
\
or -ed/-ing/-s
Definition of empolder
: 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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