plantation
noun
plan·ta·tion
plan-ˈtā-shən 
Examples of plantation in a Sentence
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
Recent Examples on the Web
This increasingly popular village on Bali's south coast is close to some of the island's most important temples, plus it's surrounded by scenic rice paddies and banana plantations.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2024
Suggestions range from the deliberate withholding of the information by enslavers to ensure the labor force to plantation owners wanting to get in one more cotton crop to the murder of Lincoln's messenger.
—Jessica B. Harris, Southern Living, 13 May 2024
In addition, the plantation’s property was augmented with the acquisition of nearby Montalto mountain for $15 million; the main house’s leaky roof was rebuilt; and the estate’s vineyard was restored.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024
It’s been that way since white settlers arrived to bankroll new cotton plantations.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2024
Suggestions range from the deliberate withholding of the information by enslavers to ensure the labor force to plantation owners wanting to get in one more cotton crop to the murder of Lincoln's messenger.
—Jessica B. Harris, Southern Living, 13 May 2024
In addition, the plantation’s property was augmented with the acquisition of nearby Montalto mountain for $15 million; the main house’s leaky roof was rebuilt; and the estate’s vineyard was restored.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024
It’s been that way since white settlers arrived to bankroll new cotton plantations.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plantation. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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plantation
noun
plan·ta·tion
plan-ˈtā-shən
1
: a group of plants and especially trees planted and cared for
2
: a settlement in a new country or region : colony
3
: a planted area
especially
: an agricultural estate worked by laborers
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