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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The color was first derived from the dye produced on indigo plantations across the South Carolina coast, Atlas Obscura reported.
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Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
This is highly specific work that depends on each plantation's unique characteristics, including location, soil type, and coffee variety.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Soybean plantations capture only a fraction of the carbon that tropical rainforests do, and drive emissions through transportation and processing.
—Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
The museum is dedicated to the history of African Americans around the world, with an emphasis on the Gullah Geechee—descendants of the people who harvested cotton and indigo on South Carolina’s remote coastal plantations.
—Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
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Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
This is highly specific work that depends on each plantation's unique characteristics, including location, soil type, and coffee variety.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Soybean plantations capture only a fraction of the carbon that tropical rainforests do, and drive emissions through transportation and processing.
—Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
The museum is dedicated to the history of African Americans around the world, with an emphasis on the Gullah Geechee—descendants of the people who harvested cotton and indigo on South Carolina’s remote coastal plantations.
—Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 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 2 May. 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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