noun Download 🔗Share A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers. Examples : "Many enslaved people were forced to work on cotton plantations in the American South before the Civil War. " agriculture history property economy place building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An area where trees are planted for commercial purposes. Examples : "The lumber company owned several plantations where they grew pine trees to sell for building houses. " agriculture plant environment area business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization. Examples : "History class discussed the English plantations in Ireland, where land was seized and given to settlers, displacing the Irish. " history politics nation government world agriculture society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A colony established thus. Examples : "The English established several plantations in North America, each aiming to cultivate crops and control territory. " history agriculture economy place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
