Explore Polders through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Polders meaning
plural of polder
Using Polders
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of polder
- In the example corpus, polders often appears in combinations such as: polders are, the polders, polders and.
Context around Polders
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Polders
- In this selection, "polders" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, using, areas, war, thus and citation stand out and add context to how "polders" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 3 000 polders citation nationwide and all polders will eventually. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "polders" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with polders
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In polders this mainly involves regulating the water level. (9 words)
The first polders were constructed in the 11th century. (9 words)
Flooding of polders has also been used as a military tactic in the past. (14 words)
Polders are areas of land, close to or below sea level that have been reclaimed from the sea, from which they are protected by dikes or, a little further inland, by fields that have been drained with canals. (38 words)
As the centuries went by, they eventually constructed an extensive dike system that covered the coastline and the polders, thus protecting the land from further incursions by the sea. (29 words)
Opening the sluices at high tide and closing them at low tide turned the polders into an inaccessible swamp, which allowed the Allied armies to stop the German army. (29 words)
Example sentences (15)
Polders are tracts of land that lie below sea level and are reclaimed through dykes, drainage canals and pumping stations.
Singapore now needs more sand or new methods of reclamation, like using polders and “Very Large Floating Structures”.
All polders will eventually be below the surrounding water level some or all of the time.
As the centuries went by, they eventually constructed an extensive dike system that covered the coastline and the polders, thus protecting the land from further incursions by the sea.
Flooding of polders has also been used as a military tactic in the past.
In polders this mainly involves regulating the water level.
Later, canals were built in the Netherlands and Flanders to drain the polders and assist transportation of goods and people.
Opening the sluices at high tide and closing them at low tide turned the polders into an inaccessible swamp, which allowed the Allied armies to stop the German army.
Polders are areas of land, close to or below sea level that have been reclaimed from the sea, from which they are protected by dikes or, a little further inland, by fields that have been drained with canals.
Polders are at risk from flooding at all times, and care must be taken to protect the surrounding dikes.
Since the late 16th century, large areas ( polders ) have been reclaimed from the sea and lakes, amounting to nearly 17% of the country's current land mass.
The centre of the polder most closely resembles the pre-war polders in that it is almost exclusively agricultural.
The Dutch have a long history of reclamation of marshes and fenland, resulting in some 3,000 polders citation nationwide.
The first polders were constructed in the 11th century.
They are two polders with a joint hydrological infrastructure, with a dividing dike in the middle, the Knardijk, that will keep one polder safe if the other is flooded.
Common combinations with polders
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: