Plantation (Noun)
Meaning 1
An estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas).
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The owners of the plantation made a substantial amount of money by selling their sugarcane to factories.
- The majority of the workers on the coffee plantation lived on-site in dormitories provided by the plantation owners.
- Tobacco was the main cash crop grown on the 500-acre plantation.
- During the 19th century, plantation owners in South America relied heavily on slave labor to harvest cotton.
- Rubber plantations began to appear in Southeast Asia during the early 20th century.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America); "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- Many convicts were forcibly transported to a plantation in the American colonies to serve out their sentences.
- The colonial administration oversaw the establishment of new plantations along the eastern seaboard of North America.
- In the 17th and 18th centuries, Britain subjected Ireland to a system of plantations, displacing native inhabitants with British settlers.
- During the Restoration period, England deported thousands of its prisoners and the Irish to the plantations of the West Indies.
- Portugal carried out its colonization of Brazil by establishing a series of plantations along the coast of the Americas.
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The estate had a beautiful plantation of deciduous trees near the main house, carefully manicured and maintained by the grounds staff.
- The natural beauty of the plantation attracted many nature lovers who came to walk through its tranquil setting.
- A team of skilled arborists worked tirelessly to thin out weak branches in the plantation, ensuring the overall health of the trees.
- Built in the 19th century, the mansion was originally surrounded by a plantation that provided shade and shelter for the residents.
- Visitors to the botanical gardens were particularly drawn to the scented plantation, where fragrant flowers and herbs were grown in abundance.