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# polder

noun (a polder, polders)

«polder» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A piece of low, flat land taken back from the sea or a lake and protected by dykes (walls of earth), mainly in the Netherlands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polder/#m1)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons: the Dutch built polders by building dykes and pumping water out, once with windmills, now with pumps. About a quarter of the Netherlands is below sea level. Farms and towns stand on polders.

### Examples

- Much of Holland is made of polders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polder/#x1)
- Windmills pumped water out of the polders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polder/#x2)
- The polder is below sea level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polder/#x3)
- Farmers grow tulips on the polders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polder/#x4)
- A dyke protects the polder from the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polder/#x5)
- We cycled across a flat Dutch polder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polder/#x6)

### Note

A Dutch word used in English. Countable. Related: dyke (dike in US), reclaimed land.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «polder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«polder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/polder.html) on Mova free.