plantation
A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often…A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
» Nothing remained of the sugarcane plantation.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
Plantage
планта́цияplantácija
планта́ціяplantácija
(countable, uncountable)An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate.
насажде́ниеnasaždénije
(countable, historical, uncountable)The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A colony established thus.
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (former official name of Rhode Island, United States)
a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)
Examples
20 sentencesNothing remained of the sugarcane plantation.
There was a sugarcane plantation in the area.
Small children work as slaves on the chocolate plantation.
ruМаленькие дети работают как рабы на шоколадной плантации. — odexed
deKleine Kinder leisten auf der Schokoladenplantage Sklavenarbeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Small children work as slaves on the cocoa plantation.
Algeria needs to develop huge plantations in the desert.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantātiō (“planting, transplanting”),Borrowed from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantātiō (“planting, transplanting”), from plantātus (“planted”), the perfect passive participle of plantāre, + action noun suffix -tiō.
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Forms
plural: plantations| Singular | plantation |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable