planter
planter
Definition
planter (plant′ər)
noun
- ☆ the owner of a plantation
- a person or machine that plants
- a container, usually decorative, for potted or unpotted house plants
- Archaic a colonist or pioneer
planter
Synonyms
planter
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- raise: I built a deck in front of the French windows which is bordered on two sides with raised wood planters.
- become: He then went to Malaya to become a rubber planter on the Highlands Estate in Klang.
- include: Mark on all dimensions of the garden including all planters.
- make: In front of the living room window is a planter made from railroad sleeps.
- use: Jim used a bulb planter to remove a plug of soil, which made for very easy planting of the strawberries.
- have: According to research conducted by Dynamic Design, the average household today has 4.2 planters.
Adjective modifier
- wealthy: Early work at Trengwainton was by Rose Price, the son of a wealthy West Indian sugar planter.
- West: They were popular with officers from the slave ships and with West Indian planters and merchants who returned from the colonies.
- Indian: They were popular with officers from the slave ships and with West Indian planters and merchants who returned from the colonies.
- wooden: We would like to fill some wooden planters with Summer plants and bulbs to brighten up our After School Club garden.
- French: It was originally settled by French planters who imported labor from southern India to work the plantations.
Modifies a noun
- box: Adding western red cedar planter boxes at select locations can create focal points.
- class: They came armed to challenge the power of the white planter class, hoping to precipitate a general rebellion throughout the island.
Noun used with modifier
- terracotta: They are complemented by a colorful and varied selection of terracotta planters pots, umbrella pots, vases and urns.
- patio: Here were lots of plants growing out of the ground instead of in a few patio planters.
- church: In addition, we blessed 83 new church planters, who aim to plant 62 new churches in the next 12 months.
- bulb: Jim used a bulb planter to remove a plug of soil, which made for very easy planting of the strawberries.
- rubber: Their father, a rubber planter, stayed behind with the volunteers.
- tea: Janet Gleeson was born in Sri Lanka, where her father was a tea planter.
Browse dictionary entries near planter
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