plantation
gb/plˌæntˈeɪʃən/ us/plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
B2
Angličtina
~ 6300
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Podstatné jméno
B2
entity
1
large farm for one cash crop
A very large farm, usually in a warm country, that grows one main crop like sugar, cotton, or coffee, often with many workers living and working there.
Vzorec užití:
[someone] owns/runs a plantation; a plantation of [crop]
Častá chyba:
Learners sometimes use "plantation" for any farm. In modern English, it usually means a very large farm for one cash crop, especially in tropical areas, and it often carries strong historical associations with slavery and colonialism. For a normal or small farm, just use "farm".
Synonyma
estate (Suggests a large area of land, sometimes including a big house; not limited to farming but often used similarly for large farms.)
Antonyma
small farm (Describes a much smaller agricultural operation, often family-run, unlike the large scale of a plantation.)
Kolokace
sugar plantation
|cotton plantation
|coffee plantation
|plantation owner
|plantation workers
|plantation economy
Témata
agriculture
|history
|economics
|nature
|business
Příklady
- Her grandparents worked on a sugar plantation in the Caribbean.
- The old plantation house has been turned into a museum about slavery.
- Many coffee plantations in the region now promote fair-trade practices.
- The novel is set on a cotton plantation in the American South before the Civil War.
Učební příklady
- He owns a large coffee plantation in Brazil.
- Many people lived and worked on the plantation.
- The road to the plantation is very long and dusty.
- Tourists visited the old plantation and learned about its history.
Podstatné jméno
B2
entity
2
area of trees planted for timber
A large area where people plant many trees of the same kind in rows so they can cut and use them for wood, paper, oil, or other products.
Vzorec užití:
a [tree type] plantation; a plantation of [trees]
Častá chyba:
Learners sometimes think a "plantation" is the same as any forest. A plantation is planned and planted by people, usually with one kind of tree, and used for business. A forest can grow naturally.
Synonyma
tree farm (Less formal and more general; clearly refers to trees grown as a crop, but is used more in everyday speech than in technical environmental writing.)
Antonyma
natural forest (Refers to forest that has grown naturally with mixed species, unlike a plantation where trees are planted and managed in a planned way.)
Kolokace
tree plantation
|timber plantation
|forest plantation
|commercial plantation
|establish a plantation
|rubber plantation
Témata
environment
|agriculture
|industry
|nature
|business
Příklady
- Large areas of natural forest have been replaced by eucalyptus plantations.
- The company plans to expand its timber plantations over the next decade.
- Environmental groups argue that tree plantations cannot fully replace wild forests.
- Workers moved along the rows in the pine plantation, measuring tree growth.
Učební příklady
- The town is close to a big pine plantation.
- They planted many young trees to start a new plantation.
- The company makes paper from trees grown in plantations.
- A rubber plantation needs a warm and wet climate.
Podstatné jméno
archaic
C1
entity
3
early colonial settlement
An old word for a group of people from one country who were sent to live and build a town in another land that their country controlled.
Vzorec užití:
the [place] Plantation; a plantation in [region]
Častá chyba:
Learners may confuse this historical sense with the modern meaning of a large farm. In older texts, "plantation" can mean a colony or planned settlement, not a place that grows crops.
Synonyma
colony (More common modern term for a settlement controlled by a distant power; "plantation" in this sense is now mostly historical or specific to certain regions and periods.)
Antonyma
homeland (Refers to the original country or native land, as opposed to a distant settlement founded by that country.)
Kolokace
the Ulster Plantation
|colonial plantations
|British plantations
|overseas plantations
|early plantations
|Irish plantations
Témata
history
|politics
|travel
|law
Příklady
- The Ulster Plantation reshaped the religious and political map of northern Ireland.
- Early English plantations in North America struggled to survive their first winters.
- The lecture examined how land was confiscated to create plantations in Ireland.
- Some town names still reflect their origins as seventeenth-century plantations.
Učební příklady
- The book tells the story of an English plantation in Ireland.
- The king sent people to start a plantation in the new land.
- Many plantations were built on land taken from local people.
Podstatné jméno
archaic
C2
action
4
act of planting or settling
An old formal word for the act of putting plants, trees, or even groups of people into a new place in a planned way.
Vzorec užití:
the plantation of [crops/people/churches]
Synonyma
planting (Modern and general term; "plantation" in this sense is rare and stylistically old-fashioned or formal.)
Antonyma
uprooting (Describes removing plants or people from a place, the opposite of establishing or planting them there.)
Kolokace
the plantation of colonies
|the plantation of churches
|the plantation of new settlements
|plantation of vineyards
|plantation and cultivation
Témata
history
|society
|core_vocabulary
|nature
Příklady
- The statute encouraged the plantation of English families in the region.
- He wrote a treatise on the plantation of vineyards in cold climates.
- The plantation of new churches was seen as a sign of growing influence.
Učební příklady
- In this old text, "plantation" means the planting of new towns.
- The law helped the plantation of farmers in the empty land.
- The writer supports the plantation of many new trees.
Gramatika
Slovníkový tvar
plantation
IPA
GB/plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
US/plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
Slabiky a přízvuk
plant - a - tion (3 slabiky)
Stress on 2nd syllable (a)
Tvary slova
Noun
- Base: plantation
- Plural: plantations
Příbuzná slova
Výrazy
banana plantation
1/bənˈænə plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
large farm for bananas
A very big farm that grows many banana plants for sale.
Příklady
- They drove past endless banana plantations on the way to the coast.
- The storm destroyed large parts of the banana plantation.
coffee plantation
1/kˈɔfi plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
large farm for coffee
A large farm that grows coffee plants to sell coffee beans.
Příklady
- They visited a coffee plantation in Colombia and learned how beans are processed.
- Many small farmers now sell their beans to larger coffee plantations.
cotton plantation
1/kˈɑtən plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
large farm for cotton
A very large farm that grows cotton, especially in the southern United States in the past.
Příklady
- The film shows life on a cotton plantation before the American Civil War.
- Many cotton plantations depended on the labor of enslaved people.
palm oil plantation
1/pˈɑm ˈɔɪl plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
large farm for oil palm trees
A large area of land with many oil palm trees grown to make palm oil.
Příklady
- Forests have been cleared to create palm oil plantations.
- The documentary focuses on working conditions in palm oil plantations.
plantation economy
1/plˌæntˈeɪʃən ɪkˈɑnəmi/
fixed phrase
formal
economy based on plantations
An economy where most money comes from big farms that grow one or two crops to sell to other countries.
Příklady
- The island developed a plantation economy focused on sugar exports.
- A plantation economy often leads to strong dependence on world market prices.
plantation owner
1/plˌæntˈeɪʃən ˈoʊnɚ/
fixed phrase
person who owns a plantation
A person who owns a large farm called a plantation.
Příklady
- The plantation owner lived in a large house overlooking the fields.
- Many plantation owners became very rich from slave labor.
plantation slavery
1/plˌæntˈeɪʃən slˈeɪvɚi/
fixed phrase
formal
system of slavery on plantations
A system in history where people were kept as slaves and forced to work on large farms called plantations.
Příklady
- Plantation slavery shaped the social and economic history of the Americas.
- The exhibit explores the daily lives of people under plantation slavery.
rice plantation
1/ɹˈaɪs plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
large farm for rice
A big farm with many wet fields where rice is grown.
Příklady
- Historic rice plantations can still be found along the river.
- Rice plantations required complex systems of irrigation and labor.
rubber plantation
1/ɹˈʌbɚ plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
large farm for rubber trees
A large farm with many rubber trees that are cut to get liquid to make rubber.
Příklady
- The company expanded its rubber plantations into formerly forested areas.
- Many people in the region depend on work in rubber plantations.
sugar plantation
1/ʃˈʊɡɚ plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
large farm for sugarcane
A very large farm that grows sugarcane to make sugar, usually in a warm country.
Příklady
- Thousands of enslaved Africans were forced to work on sugar plantations in the Caribbean.
- The museum is located on the grounds of a former sugar plantation.
tea plantation
1/tˈi plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
large farm for tea
A large area of land, often on hills, where many tea bushes are grown for sale.
Příklady
- The hills were covered with green tea plantations.
- She worked as a picker on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka.
tree plantation
1/tɹˈi plˌæntˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
area of planted trees
A large area where people plant many trees in rows to use them later for wood or other products.
Příklady
- The government is investing in new tree plantations to supply timber.
- Some conservationists argue that tree plantations cannot replace natural forests.