plantation
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3.6
- noun
- /plænˈteɪʃən/
:
plantación
- The visitors enjoyed a tour of the historic coffee plantation that produced beans for over a century.
- sugar plantations
- plantation crops
- coconut plantations
And a lot of these early plantations now are huge corporations.
- And a lot of these early plantations now are huge corporations.
- It's a old, old sugar plantation that was in ruins on this hill.
- The casualty rate on these plantations was extremely, extremely high.
- I'd land on some jungle strip or some banana plantation.
- My parents didn't own a slave plantation.
- troops would return escaped slaves to Southern plantations.
- And they started these different plantations to get wood, and they didn't get them to grow very well.
- Let's go to the plantations and for the plantations.
- we still have like ASEAN DAS and you know, modern plantations and thinking about success.
Examples
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My great grandfather owned a cocoa plantation in the same region.
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Image of his parents all over the mansion, all over the plantation, finding their names.
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I was sent to another plantation as a boy.
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It's a old, old sugar plantation that was in ruins on this hill.
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Invite this Mr. Lincoln to join us at the plantation.
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Even when children did not work on the plantation, they still contributed to feeding the family.
Academic text (2008) -
Next door to the store was the plantation office, where workers could pick up their paychecks.
Academic text (2008) -
They had a coffee plantation.
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I was born in Alabama, grew up on a plantation near Haynesville.
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Eliza had treated too many of the plantation's sick not to recognize the signs.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
A place with fields and buildings for growing crops or keeping animals
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4.2
A large area of land owned by one person or family with a big house
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3.2
A piece of land with fruit or nut trees grown for food
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7.7
A large estate, often a farm, in a Spanish-speaking country with a main house
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3.0
An area where people grow trees to sell for wood or as Christmas trees
Compounds
A horse bred for a smooth, fast running walk that is comfortable for long rides
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Morphology
Etymology
The word plantation comes from Latin plantare and the familiar word plant, meaning 'to plant'. That's why a plantation can mean a large farm or estate where crops like coffee, sugar, or rubber are grown for sale.