plantation

noun

plan·​ta·​tion plan-ˈtā-shən 

1

: a usually large group of plants and especially trees under cultivation

2

: a settlement in a new country or region

Plymouth Plantation

3

a

: a place that is planted or under cultivation

b

: an agricultural estate usually worked by resident labor

Synonyms

• colony

Examples of plantation in a Sentence

the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter

Recent Examples on the Web

Environmental groups say logging doesn't address these issues, in part because natural, mature forests are more resilient to wildfire than timber plantations would be. —Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025

The frenzy of amethyst flowers usually erupts at the Lake Balaton plantation in July, give or take a month, and it is accompanied by hundreds of darting butterflies. —Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025

One of their great grandmothers was born here a slave in 1861, on what was then the Dixon plantation near Sparta, a few hours south of Atlanta. —Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025

Within a few generations—through which passed the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Great Depression—the federal government bought the plantation and parceled out the land to the remaining Black Pettways. —Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for plantation

• ablation
• bination
• carnation
• cassation
• castration
• causation
• centration
• cessation
• cetacean
• chelation
• citation
• collation

Kids Definition

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

Geographical Definition

Plantation

geographical name

city in southeastern Florida west of Fort Lauderdale population 84,955