droogmakerij
Dutch
Etymology
From droogmaken + -erij.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdroːx.maː.kəˈrɛi̯/
- Hyphenation: droog‧ma‧ke‧rij
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯
Noun
droogmakerij f (plural droogmakerijen, diminutive droogmakerijtje n)
- A portion of land that is being or has been formed by draining a body of water or a marsh.
- The process or enterprise of producing such a portion of land.
Hypernyms
- (portion of land): polder