plantation
/plænˈteɪʃən/noun3 syllables
Plantation means: garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
Synonyms for plantation3
What does plantation mean?3
noun
1
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
2
a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)“the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century”
3
an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with plantation?60
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Plantation in a sentence
- Labourers on plantations often face gruelling hours, low pay, and no job security.illiterate
- He realized a large sum by the sale of the plantation.unknown
- Small children work as slaves on the chocolate plantation.Hybrid
- The scenery at the plantation is so delightful!Jesse
- The rainforest was cut down and replaced by a palm oil plantation.Hybrid
- Indonesia's plantation-grown teak is of the world's highest quality.Objectivesea
- Small children work as slaves on the cocoa plantation.Hybrid
- The neighborhood was built on the site of an old tobacco plantation.mccarras
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Forms of plantation
as a noun
- plural
- plantations