colmater

(Englisch)

  1. (transitive) to fill in (a low land)
  2. (transitive) to plug (a hole)
  3. (reflexive) to fill up

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/kɔl.ma.te/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

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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