plantation
/plɑːnˈteɪʃn/noun
उच्चारण प्लान्टेशन
बागान
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as one-word substitution
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[C]
a large area of land, especially in a hot country, where crops such as tea, coffee, rubber or cotton are grown
बागान
- a tea plantation in Assam
- Workers pick tea leaves on the plantation before sunrise.
- Workers on the rubber plantation start work at dawn.
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- Coffee plantations cover the hills of Coorg.
- His family owns a small tea plantation near Darjeeling.
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an area of land where trees have been planted; the act of planting trees
वृक्षारोपण; रोपे गए पेड़ों का क्षेत्र
- a tree plantation drive
- The plantation of ten thousand saplings was completed in one week.
- The forest department led a plantation of neem trees along the canal.
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- Students joined the plantation drive on Environment Day.
- The plantation of mango trees in the school ground took two days.
Synonyms planting afforestation forest
Opposite deforestation
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a + crop + plantation
The crop is placed before 'plantation' to say what the large estate grows, such as tea, coffee or rubber.
बड़े बागान में क्या उगाया जाता है, यह बताने के लिए फसल का नाम 'plantation' से पहले रखा जाता है, जैसे tea, coffee या rubber।
- Her grandfather worked on a tea plantation in Assam.
- Kerala has many rubber plantations.
plantation of + trees
In the sense of the act of planting, 'plantation of' is followed by what is planted, especially in forestry reports.
पौधे लगाने की क्रिया के अर्थ में 'plantation of' के बाद वह आता है जो लगाया जा रहा हो, विशेषकर वन-संबंधी रिपोर्टों में।
- The plantation of trees along the highway reduces dust.
- The school organised a plantation drive on Van Mahotsav.
on a plantation (preposition)
We work or live 'on' a plantation, because it is a wide area of land, not a building.
हम बागान में काम करते या रहते हैं, इसलिए 'on a plantation' आता है, क्योंकि यह भूमि का विस्तृत क्षेत्र है, इमारत नहीं।
- The workers live on the plantation in small houses.
plantation + noun (attributive)
It can modify another noun to describe the owner, worker or system connected with such an estate.
यह दूसरे noun से पहले आकर ऐसे बागान से जुड़े मालिक, मज़दूर या व्यवस्था का वर्णन कर सकता है।
- The plantation owner built a small school for the workers' children.
+Collocations 4
crop + plantation
teacoffeerubbersugarbananacoconut
- A coffee plantation in Coorg attracts many tourists.
adjective + plantation
largeprivatecolonialcommercialgovernment
- The British developed large colonial plantations in India.
verb + plantation
ownrunwork onmanageclear land for
- He manages a plantation of sixty acres.
plantation + noun
workerownerdriveeconomycrop
- Plantation workers in Munnar demanded better wages.
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- The tea plantation lay green and silent under the morning mist.
चाय का बागान सुबह की धुंध में हरा और शांत फैला हुआ था।
- Many labourers were brought to the sugar plantations in distant colonies.
बहुत से मज़दूरों को दूर के उपनिवेशों के गन्ने के बागानों में ले जाया गया।
- A plantation of teak trees was planted on the hill slope.
पहाड़ी की ढलान पर सागौन के पेड़ों का रोपण किया गया।
- Radhika visited a spice plantation during her trip to Kerala.
राधिका ने केरल की यात्रा के दौरान मसालों के बागान का दौरा किया।
- The government has launched a mass plantation programme before the monsoon.
सरकार ने मानसून से पहले व्यापक वृक्षारोपण कार्यक्रम शुरू किया है।
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✗ He works in a tea plantation.
✓ He works on a tea plantation.
For a large area of farmland, use 'on' (on a farm, on a plantation).
खेती की बड़ी भूमि के लिए 'on' आता है (on a farm, on a plantation)।
✗ He bought plantation in Wayanad last year.
✓ He bought a plantation in Wayanad last year.
'Plantation' is a countable noun, so a singular form needs an article.
'Plantation' countable noun है, इसलिए एकवचन रूप के साथ article आवश्यक है।
✗ He has been working in the plantation since five years.
✓ He has been working on the plantation for five years.
'For' is used with a period of time; 'since' needs a starting point.
अवधि के साथ 'for' आता है; 'since' के साथ आरंभ-बिंदु चाहिए।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words name areas of land with plants, but they differ in size and purpose.
ये शब्द पौधों वाली भूमि के नाम हैं, पर आकार और उद्देश्य में भिन्न हैं।
A large commercial estate growing one crop such as tea or rubber.
एक ही फसल, जैसे चाय या रबर, उगाने वाला बड़ा व्यावसायिक बागान।
- The plantation exports tea to many countries.
A piece of land planted with fruit trees.
फलों के पेड़ों वाली भूमि।
- The apple orchard in Kashmir is full of blossom in spring.
A general word for land and buildings used to grow crops or keep animals.
फसल उगाने या पशु पालने के लिए भूमि और इमारतों का सामान्य शब्द।
- My uncle has a small dairy farm.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
plan·ta·tion
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
Planting trees in an area that was not a forest is afforestation; cutting down forests deforestation; replanting a forest reforestation.
ऐसे क्षेत्र में पेड़ लगाना जो वन नहीं था afforestation; वनों की कटाई deforestation; वन फिर से लगाना reforestation।
General knowledge
Tea is the main plantation crop of Assam and Darjeeling; coffee of Karnataka (Chikmagalur), where it was first grown in India; rubber of Kerala.
चाय असम और दार्जिलिंग की मुख्य बागान फसल है; कॉफ़ी कर्नाटक (चिकमगलूर) की, जहाँ भारत में पहली बार उगाई गई; रबर केरल की।