polder

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An area of low-lying land, especially in the Netherlands, that has been reclaimed from a body of water and is protected by dikes.

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A boggy or marshy soil; a morass; specifically, a tract of marshy land in the Netherlands, Flanders, and northern Germany, which has been reclaimed and brought under cultivation.

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A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.

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

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low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands)