plantation
noun
plan·ta·tion
plan-ˈtā-shən 
Examples of plantation in a Sentence
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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As walls were moved, Nelson kept and restored the mahogany windows and doors, tongue-and-groove paneling, and plantation shutters that gave the home its richness, and paired them with plaster, stone, and custom millwork.
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Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Some farmers have been forced to abandon coffee plantations that have become too hot and dry.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Streep and Redford led the classic drama, which takes place in colonial Kenya, where a Danish plantation owner (Streep) falls for a hunter (Redford) in the region.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
Her mother, an enslaved woman whose name is lost to history, had been a storyteller, too, regaling the girl with folktales on the Maryland plantation where she was born in the mid-nineteenth century.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
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Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Some farmers have been forced to abandon coffee plantations that have become too hot and dry.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Streep and Redford led the classic drama, which takes place in colonial Kenya, where a Danish plantation owner (Streep) falls for a hunter (Redford) in the region.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
Her mother, an enslaved woman whose name is lost to history, had been a storyteller, too, regaling the girl with folktales on the Maryland plantation where she was born in the mid-nineteenth century.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for plantation
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plantation. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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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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