plantation

[US]/plɑːnˈteɪʃn/
[UK]/plænˈteɪʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a large farm or estate where crops are grown for commercial purposes

Phrases & Collocations

tropical plantation

tea plantation

sugar plantation

banana plantation

Example Sentences

a plantation encumbered with mortages

investors in plantation forestry

It was this plantation that had so annoyed Charlie Slatter.

His father-in-law is a plantation manager.

conifer plantations growing in serried ranks.

plantation crops such as rubber, palmoil, cotton and wool.

The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.

There sugar-beet plantation areas were expanded to 176000 hectares.

The number of family and gena of the C.axillaris plantation under the control burning was less tha...

I call him my neighbour, because his plantation lay next to mine, and we went on very sociably together.

Plantation of vegetables grains, potatoes, oil plants, grain legumes, cotton, canapina fiber, sugar plants, fruits and nuts;

Yixing tuofeng ceramic Co., Ltd. producing ceramic products of alumina specialized company, all the male genital of Yixing admires the tea plantation to located in pottery in the bank of Tai Hu.

Real-world Examples

I want to walk the plantations first.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 4

The southern states had many plantations (or large farms).

Source: Introduction to ESL in the United States

His family were well off and owned a plantation.

Source: Introduction to Previous U.S. Presidents

They had big plantations and farms.

Source: Western Exploration of the United States

We are scared. There's a tomato plantation over there.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

But the real Queen of Tennessee’s plantations is Belle Meade.

Source: Cloud Travel Handbook

Because I was a Pineapple plantation, that did last a while.

Source: Children's Encyclopedia Song

We were primarily a sugar plantation town.

Source: Rich Dad Poor Dad

So cutting down forest in order to grow, for example palm oil plantations.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation July 2014

Many separate buildings were needed on a plantation.

Source: VOA Special November 2018 Collection

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