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empolder

empolder verb: to construct polders in order to drain land.

Verb

empolder (third-person singular simple present empolders, present participle empoldering, simple past and past participle empoldered)

  1. To construct polders in order to drain land

Forms of empolder

third-person singular presentempolders
present participleempoldering
past participleempoldered
pastempoldered

Origin of empolder

From em- + polder, probably influenced by Dutch inpolderen.

Questions about empolder

What does empolder mean?
Empolder means to construct polders in order to drain land.
What part of speech is empolder?
Empolder is a verb.
What is the past tense of empolder?
The past tense of empolder is empoldered.

Words near empolder in the dictionary

  1. empoisoners
  2. empoisoning
  3. empoisonment
  4. empoisonments
  5. empoisons
  6. empolder
  7. empoldered
  8. empoldering
  9. empolders
  10. empoodled
  11. Empordà

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