SUBDIVIDE

subdivide

Verb

  1. To divide into smaller sections.
    1. To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.
      This used to be farmland before developers bought it and subdivided it.
  1. To divide divisions into smaller divisions


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