SUBDIVIDE
subdivide
Verb
- To divide into smaller sections.
- 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.
- To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.
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