rubber plantation

collocation in English

meaningsofrubberandplantation

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rubber
noun
uk
/ˈrʌb.ər/us
/ˈrʌb.ɚ/
an elastic substance (= that stretches) made either from the juice of particular tropical trees ...
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plantation
noun[C]
uk
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/
a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop ...
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(Definition ofrubberandplantationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The oil palm plantation has become the largest sector in terms of area after it surpassed therubberplantationsector in 1997.
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Afterwards, he managed for a while his brother-in-law's largerubberplantation.
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The causes of desertion were not always clear, but human disturbance was probably the primary cause within therubberplantation.
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Take, as an example, a mining company or arubberplantationcompany.
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They sought to adjust that by going in forrubberplantation.
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How did that compare with the total capital invested in, say, a single industry such as therubberplantationindustry?
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How, for instance, does he think arubberplantationis set up?
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I do not think anyone has fixed a limit to the length of time that arubberplantationwill go on bearing.
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The man who owns a tin mine, arubberplantation, or a sulphur deposit, extracts and sells; and by the proceeds of what he sells he continues his operation.
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The method of collectiontapping the treesvaguely resembles that used on arubberplantationor in a maple sugar grove.
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There is also a protectedrubberplantationin the area.
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A largerubberplantationcovers the northern part of the district.
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His father was manager of arubberplantationon the mainland.
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The populations mainly work inrubberplantation, palm plantation, and a few opened grocery stores.
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This suburb was first developed in 1981; before this, there was arubberplantationthere.
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The oil palm, coffee andrubberplantationprojects income helped for the repair and renovation of the ceilings of some old and dilapidated buildings.
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A young widow remarries and accompanies her husband to his remote junglerubberplantation.
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While all this was going on, almost no work on therubberplantationwas happening.
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Each family received 19 rai (7.2 acres) ofrubberplantationas well as one rai (0.39 acres) for their private homes.
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