planter

noun plant·er \ ˈplan-tər \

Updated on: 18 May 2018

Definition of planter

1 : one that cultivates plants: such as

a (1) : farmer

(2) : one who owns or operates a plantation

b : a planting machine or implement

2 : one who settles or founds a place and especially a new colony

3 : a container in which ornamental plants are grown

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Examples of planter in a Sentence

She bought a planter to put on their deck.
a wealthy South American planter

Recent Examples of planter from the Web

Hammerle Park picnic shelter next to Bolton School, Highway 43 and Lewis Street, West Linn Wilsonville Garden Club Annual Plant Sale: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sun and shade planters as well as blooming annuals.

— corey sheldon, OregonLive.com, "HG calendar May 12-20: nurture Mother's Day memories in the garden," 11 May 2018
The finished restaurant seats 65 inside, including at a central communal table, and an additional 35 on the secluded patio, edged by vertical planters currently sporting edible flowers and sinuous pea shoots.

— kate washington, sacbee, "If Allora can learn to relax a little, it will be one of the city's best restaurants | The Sacramento Bee," 11 May 2018
By the middle of the nineteenth century, domestic slave prices were so high that many planters had begun lobbying to reopen the global trade.

— casey n. cep, The New Yorker, "Zora Neale Hurston’s Story of a Former Slave Finally Comes to Print," 7 May 2018
That's why this planter spoke to the core of my being.

— candace braun davison, House Beautiful, "If You Can't Keep Plants Alive, You Need This Vase," 26 Apr. 2018
And across Britain, heritage plaques on Georgian townhouses euphemistically describe former slave traders and slave owners as West Indies merchants or planters.

— kimiko de freytas-tamura, New York Times, "British Citizen One Day, Illegal Immigrant the Next," 24 Apr. 2018
Items are raffled and auctioned off and proceeds go toward the flower baskets and planters throughout Okauchee during the summer months, seasonal decorations, flags and banners and the Annual Tree Lighting and Live Nativity event.

— evan frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Tim Michelic honored as Okauchee Person of the Year," 23 Apr. 2018
The Woodlands is a mid-19th century cemetery, which dates to a time when, believe it or not, graves were designed to be planters … and many Americans liked the idea of eternal rest under a bed of roses.

— CBS News, "Grave gardening: Tending more than just flowers," 22 Apr. 2018
Layered like the parts of a tree, the interiors are similarly dynamic, with staggered floors, a central atrium, glass walls, and planters.

— lauren ro, Curbed, "This Tokyo apartment building is a concrete jungle," 16 Apr. 2018

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