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colmater.

to fill in (a low land)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/kɔl.ma.te/
  1. to fill in (a low land)

    transitive
  2. to plug (a hole)

    transitive
  3. to fill up

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

From colmate (“land for filling”), from Italian colmata (“filled”), from Latin cumulāre, form of cumulō (“to heap, fill”); compare cumulus (“a heap”). Cognate to Italian colmare; Spanish and Portuguese colmar.

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