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

This is what generates anxiety at coffee plantations around the planet. —Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025

One of the enslaved people on his Virginia plantation, Monticello, was Sally Hemings, the half-sister of his late wife, Martha Jefferson, who died in 1782 at age 33. —Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025

The effort represents a unique partnership led by the Jesuits and a group of descendants linked to the order’s 1838 sale of 272 men, women and children from its five Maryland plantations to plantation owners in southern Louisiana, one of the largest such sales in U.S. history. —Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025

Approximately half of the kids lived in the same household as workers from flower plantations. —Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 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