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| Main Entry: |
plantation
 [plan-tey-shuhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large farm |
| Synonyms: | estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, orchard, ranch, vineyard |
| Main Entry: | farm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land for agriculture or animal breeding |
| Synonyms: | acreage, acres, arboretum, claim, demense, enclosure, estate, farmstead, field, freehold, garden, grange, grassland, holding, homestead, lawn, meadow, nursery, orchard, pasture, patch, plantation, ranch, soil, vineyard |
| Main Entry: | foundation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established institution |
| Synonyms: | association, charity, company, corporation, endowment, establishment, guild, inauguration, institute, organization, plantation, set-up, settlement, society, trusteeship |
Example Sentences
- The whole of the country is becoming a palm oil plantation.
- Instead, he turned the family plantation over to high-priced overseers whose interest was almost solely the bottom-line.
- Only an occasional banana grove or superannuated rubber plantation offers a spot of variety.
| Main Entry: | grange |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farm |
| Synonyms: | acreage, farmstead, hacienda, manor, plantation, ranch |
| Main Entry: | grove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cluster of trees |
| Synonyms: | brake, coppice, copse, covert, forest, orchard, plantation, spinney, stand, thicket, wood, woodland |
| Main Entry: | hacienda |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large estate |
| Synonyms: | cattle ranch, farmhouse, large house, mansion, plantation, ranch |
| Main Entry: | orchard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fruit farm |
| Synonyms: | fruit garden, garden, grove, plantation, vineyard |
| Main Entry: | ranch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farm |
| Synonyms: | acreage, cattle farm, dairy farm, estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, land, plantation |
| Main Entry: | settlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
| Synonyms: | colonization, colony, encampment, establishment, foundation, habitation, hamlet, inhabitancy, occupancy, occupation, outpost, plantation, principality, residence |
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