Meaning & use
plantation
A large estate or farm, especially in a warm climate, where crops such as cotton, sugar, or tobacco are grown.
See it in a sentence
The historic plantation is now a museum that documents the lives of the enslaved people who worked there.
Coffee plantations cover much of the hillsides in that region.
A note on using this word
In American history, the word carries a heavy association with slavery, so it is used carefully and often with historical context.
Words with a similar meaning
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