Definitions

1. verb

to enclose land with dikes or embankments for the purpose of draining and cultivating it

“The Dutch engineers decided to empolder the low-lying area to make it suitable for farming.”

2. noun

a piece of land that has been reclaimed from a river or the sea by the construction of dikes or embankments

“The empoldered area was sold to a group of investors who built a residential complex there.”