planter

/ˈplæntər/
noun
  1. A container used for growing plants, typically filled with soil and placed indoors or outdoors.
    • She bought a large ceramic planter for her new fern.
    • The wooden planter on the balcony holds herbs and flowers.
    • We need to drill drainage holes in the bottom of this planter.
  2. A person who owns or manages a plantation, especially of crops like cotton, tobacco, or sugar.
    • In the 1800s, a wealthy planter might own hundreds of acres of land.
    • The cotton planter hired many workers for the harvest season.
    • The sugar planter exported most of his crop to Europe.
  3. A machine that plants seeds or seedlings in the ground.
    • The old planter broke down, so they had to plant by hand.
    • Modern planters can plant multiple rows of seeds at once.
    • The farmer used a mechanical planter to sow corn across the field.
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