polder
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This approach is so ingrained in Dutch politics, there is a name for it: the ‘‘poldermodel,” with polder meaning “land reclaimed from the sea.”
From New York Times • May 28, 2020
Out in West Flanders, where windmills and church towers dot the countryside, the flat polder land runs through the battlefields of World War One.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2018
A construction crew cut through the embankment of a polder lining the Kobadak River.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 1, 2018
During the two years in which the dikes were broken, the polder rebounded with tens of centimeters of sediment deposited by daily tides.
From Scientific American • Apr. 13, 2014
Much of the land in and around The Hague is polder, land reclaimed from the sea with dams and dikes.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
