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

Livingston now ran a grapefruit-and-coconut plantation on the island. —Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025

And you guys shot some of it at an old plantation upstate. —Angel Diaz, Billboard, 30 May 2025

With fewer than 400 individuals left in the wild, the Indochinese tiger is particularly vulnerable due to deforestation for plantations and infrastructure, as well as poaching. —Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025

In East Kalimantan, officials have been pursuing policy reforms and working with plantation and forestry companies to reduce forests destruction to protect habitat for orangutans. —Mary Nichols, The Conversation, 19 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