Plantation
[plæn'teɪʃ(ə)n;plɑːn-] or [plæn'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America); 'the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century'.
(noun.) an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas).
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Definition
(n.) The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.
(n.) The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.
(n.) An original settlement in a new country; a colony.
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Examples
- Beyond the boundaries of the plantation, George had noticed a dry, sandy knoll, shaded by a few trees; there they made the grave. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The scene shifts from the plantation, to Betteredge's little sitting-room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- These two colored men were the two principal hands on the plantation. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Did you see any one, or hear any one, in the plantation? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The troops lighted their way through this with candles carried in their hands for a mile and a half, when they came to an open plantation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We were now in the plantation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It must be those wretched gipsies in the plantation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was on a visit to Alf's plantation, for it was after we had dissolved partnership. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Well, said Miss Ophelia, how came you to give up your plantation life? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- When the plantation indigo was worth three-fourths of the price of the best French indigo, it was, by this act, entitled to a bounty of 6d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her master is Mr. Legree, who owns a cotton plantation on the Red River. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At length Clym reached the margin of a fir and beech plantation that had been enclosed from heath land in the year of his birth. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This was the last interruption: that night we rested at a large coffee plantation, some eight miles from the cave we were on the way to visit. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- While the questions and answers were going on, we had all been strolling quietly back through the plantation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The poor creature had strayed into the plantation, and had been shot by your keeper. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If both had owned plantations in Louisiana, they would have been as like as two old bullets cast in the same mould. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The need for labour upon the plantations of the West Indies and the south was imperative. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But it so happens, that many of the principal proprietors of the sugar plantations reside in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The mulberry plantations of th e Cévennes were abandoned and the whole region was desolate. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There was a rapid development of plantations and proprietary colonies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Britain need envy neither the vineyards of France, nor the olive plantations of Italy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We procured full loads for our entire train at two plantations, which could easily have furnished as much more. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- How is Rubber Cured on Modern Plantations? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I suppose the creature strayed into the plantations, and got shot. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- While, for example, Muscovado sugars from the British plantations pay, upon importation, only 6s:4d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Any committee-man might be removed by the board of trade and plantations, now by a committee of council, after being heard in his own defence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- On these plantations, rubber trees are cultivated just the same as other crops. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Pass straight down the fields, not round by the lade and plantations. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They only does down in plantations, where niggers, when they runs, has to do their own running, and don't get no help. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Many who could tolerate slavery upon the plantations found the slave trade too much for their moral digestions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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