polder

noun

pol·​der ˈpōl-dər 

: a tract of low land (as in the Netherlands) reclaimed from a body of water (such as the sea)

Examples of polder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These areas, called polders, were meant to protect communities and agriculture from storm surge. — Mahadi Al Hasnat, Vox, 30 May 2024

Construction workers make polders to protect the shore of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. — National Geographic, 1 Nov. 2019

And in Grootschermer, the Netherlands, a thin strand of houses lines an elevated road amid a sea of polders – emerald green strips of farmland reclaimed precariously from the sea. — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 23 June 2019

That is, in part, because the 6,000 kilometers of embankments that surround the polders are helping to fuel sea level rise. — Eduardo Garcia Gil, Slate Magazine, 7 Aug. 2017

Kinderdijk, which translates to children's dike, lies in the Alblasserwaard polder (land that's been reclaimed from the sea, marshes or river floodplains) at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. — John Marshall, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017

Word History

Etymology

Dutch

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for polder

• bolder
• bowlder
• colder
• folder
• golder
• holder
• molder
• moulder
• older
• shoulder
• beholder
• bondholder