noun
planter
PLAN-tuh
noun
1
A container, often large and freestanding, used to hold plants.
"She filled the wooden planter with herbs."
"Large stone planters lined the entrance to the hotel."
2
Historically, the owner or operator of a large plantation.
"The novel follows the family of a wealthy Southern planter."
3
A machine used to sow seeds or set out young plants in a field.
"The farmer bought a new planter to speed up the spring sowing."
How to Use Planter
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pot for plants, a farm machine for sowing, or (historically) someone who owned a plantation.
Common pairings
flower planter
window planter
seed planter
Word Forms
planters plural
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Etymology
From plant plus the agent suffix -er.