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polder

[ pohl-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a tract of low land, especially in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes.

polder

/ ˈpəʊldə; ˈpɒl- /

Origin of polder¹

Borrowed into English from Dutch around 1595–1605

Origin of polder¹

C17: from Middle Dutch polre

Idly Marc Polder pushed a swinging door aside and entered what passed on Torran for a restaurant.

Into this I put slices of beef, and let it stew slowly till quite done, and then thicken the sauce with polder starch.

With the exception of the Polder schorres, the district fertilized by the overflowing of the river, few districts are cultivated.

But in North Holland and Utrecht on the contrary the polder water has generally to be raised.

There was an answering murmur, in which he could distinguish, James Polder's impatient tones.

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