plantation
IPA: pɫæntˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
- An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate.
- (historical) The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
- (historical) A colony established thus.
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Examples of "plantation" in Sentences
- It was formerly known as nonesuch plantation.
- The remains of the plantations are still there.
- The plantation was located in the land Fusiloa.
- It sounds like a throwback to the plantation era.
- Absentees must return to the plantation by sunset.
- The plantation is run by the dictatorial Mr. Brown.
- The plantation survived under the Romans and the Moors.
- The balance plantation is of rubber, cinnamon and coconut.
- Plimoth Plantation is in the northeastern part of the village.
- An inventory of the plantation is at the University of North Carolina.
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