noun🔗ShareA large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers."Many enslaved people were forced to work on cotton plantations in the American South before the Civil War. "agriculturehistorypropertyeconomyplacebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn area where trees are planted for commercial purposes."The lumber company owned several plantations where they grew pine trees to sell for building houses. "agricultureplantenvironmentareabusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization."History class discussed the English plantations in Ireland, where land was seized and given to settlers, displacing the Irish. "historypoliticsnationgovernmentworldagriculturesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA colony established thus."The English established several plantations in North America, each aiming to cultivate crops and control territory. "historyagricultureeconomyplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
