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polder

Syllables: pol·der/ˈpəʊldə/

polder noun: an area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

Noun

polder (plural polders)

  1. An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
    • The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 43

Verb

polder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)

  1. To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

polder meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

polder in Tamil

மீள் நிலம், கடலின்மீட்டநிலம், கடலில் மீட்ட நிலம்

polder in Indonesian

area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
polder

Forms of polder

Noun
pluralpolders
Verb
third-person singular presentpolders
present participlepoldering
past participlepoldered
pastpoldered

Origin of polder

Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.

Words formed from polder

Phrases with polder

Words that rhyme with polder

Questions about polder

What does polder mean?
Polder means an area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
What is polder in Tamil?
Polder in Tamil is மீள் நிலம், கடலின்மீட்டநிலம், கடலில் மீட்ட நிலம். See Polder meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polder?
Polder can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce polder?
Polder is pronounced /ˈpəʊldə/ (UK).
What is the plural of polder?
The plural of polder is polders.

Words near polder in the dictionary

  1. Polcyn
  2. Polcyns
  3. Poldauf
  4. poldavis
  5. poldavy
  6. polder
  7. polder model
  8. polder models
  9. poldered
  10. poldering
  11. polderization

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: polder (page history and authors); polder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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