empolder

transitive verb

em·​polder

variants or impolder

ə̇m,

em+

-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

Word History

Etymology

Dutch inpolderen, from in- in- entry 1 (akin to Old English in-) + polder

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