Thesaurus results for PLANTATION

plantation

noun

plan-ˈtā-shən

Definition of plantation next

as in colony

a settlement in a new country or region the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter

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Recent Examples of plantation Fewer than 1,000 corpse flowers remain in their native environment due to habitat loss largely caused by the expansion of oil palm plantations. —

Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 25 June 2026 Georgia is the background for this Civil War and Reconstruction-era tale that follows Scarlett's fight to save her wealthy family's plantation, offering a romanticized perspective of slavery and plantation life. —

Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 June 2026 About 12 million Africans were forcefully taken by traders from European nations from the 16th to the 19th century and enslaved on plantations that built wealth at the price of misery. —

ABC News, 19 June 2026 But from iron plantations to convict leasing to coal-burning blast furnaces, this industry has never stopped taking from Black communities. —

John E. Jackson Sr, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for plantation

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colony

Noun

At the time, the colonies were still under British rule, making the creation of a national flag a potentially dangerous act.

— Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Enjoying a meal that might have been served in the colonies hundreds of years ago.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 July 2026