plantation
pronunciation
How to pronounce plantation in British English:
UK [plɑːnˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce plantation in American English:
US [plænˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
- garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
Word Origin
- plantation (n.)
- mid-15c., "action of planting," from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantationem (nominative plantatio) "a planting," noun of action from past participle stem of plantare "to plant" (see plant). Historically used for "colony, settlement in a new land" (1610s); meaning "large farm on which tobacco or cotton is grown" is first recorded 1706.
Example
- 1. Indonesian rainforest is felled for a plantation .
- 2. He himself expanded his banana plantation to 300 hectares from 250 .
- 3. The path began through a rubber plantation before winding steeply uphill .
- 4. The women here walk home after a long day of work on a mangrove plantation .
- 5. Duarte said he did not know which group operated the plantation found tuesday .