Definition of planter
1 : one that cultivates plants: such asa (1) : farmer (2) : one who owns or operates a plantationb : 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
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Behind Ms. Trump’s getaway home are planters with rainbow chard, parsley, fennel, thyme and sage.
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Under the proposal, the city would still pave the streets, but the Westport Community Improvement District would contribute to that cost and pay to maintain trees, sidewalk planters, streetlight fixtures and other amenities.
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The Paper Merchant, another specialty gift shop located at 328 S. Third St, has a child's mini yellow bike in a bronze planter that is in front of the store.
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Day is hyperfocused on the city’s physical appearance, particularly its branding and signage, but also its benches, planters and trash cans, which are not uniform at present and clearly bother the mayor’s design sense.
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After arriving on campus, Artan drove his brother's Honda Civic over a curb and into a crowd of people and crashed it into a planter.
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Committed to Southern independence, most planters were also devoted to the survival of plantation slavery, and when these goals clashed, the latter often took precedence.
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The focus is the planting and maintenance of its 60 cement planters situated around town.
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Mr. Peanut — the top hat-wearing, monocle-sporting legume that has been the face of Planters for nearly a century — will speak for the first time in animated advertisements that will hit Facebook this Tuesday.
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First Known Use of planter
14th century
PLANTER Defined for English Language Learners
planter
playDefinition of planter for English Language Learners
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: a container in which plants are grown
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: a person who owns a plantation
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: a machine that plants seeds in the ground
PLANTER Defined for Kids
planter
playDefinition of planter for Students
1 : someone or something that plants crops
2 : a person who owns or runs a plantation
3 : a container in which plants are grown
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