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 area where the remains were found was once-popular vacation destination for local plantation owners that began to fall into disrepair even before the Civil War as wealthy people abandoned their vacation homes and the ocean took hold of them, according to the Edisto Island website.
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Louisiana, like much of the rest of the South, is dotted with former plantations.
—Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Time, 21 May 2025
Worked by enslaved captives transported from Africa, Madagascar and South Asia, dense forests soon became thriving coffee and sugar plantations.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2025
Built as part of the Cardiff Hall plantation, the property had fallen into near ruin; chickens and the odd goat wandered through the living room.
—Isabel Wilkinson Schor, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Louisiana, like much of the rest of the South, is dotted with former plantations.
—Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Time, 21 May 2025
Worked by enslaved captives transported from Africa, Madagascar and South Asia, dense forests soon became thriving coffee and sugar plantations.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2025
Built as part of the Cardiff Hall plantation, the property had fallen into near ruin; chickens and the odd goat wandered through the living room.
—Isabel Wilkinson Schor, New York Times, 16 May 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 3 Jun. 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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