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

Just as plantation owners once claimed to know what was best for enslaved people — controlling their movement, their associations, their very thoughts — artificial intelligence systems now make similar claims about human behavior. —Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025

Although General Granger announced that all enslaved people were to be freed, enslavers and plantation owners were left to announce the news. —Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 18 June 2025

Back in Iberville Parish, the Nottoway plantation may get a second life. —Bracey Harris, NBC news, 25 May 2025

Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, also had faced backlash for getting married in 2012 on a Southern plantation with a history of slavery. —Martha Ross, Mercury News, 21 May 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