Eli Whitney

Vocabulary – Eli Whitney

Pan
Verb
In this case it refers to things working out. Reference to panning use to sort through dirt for minerals
Plantation
Noun
a large estate or farm, especially in a hot climate, where crops such as cotton, coffee, tea, or rubber trees are grown, in the case of antebellum south worked with slave labor
Inventive
Adjective
Skilled at inventing, good at creating new things
Revolutionized
Verb
to cause a radical change in something such as a method or approach
Profitable
Adjective
yielding a financial profit
Concept
Noun
something that somebody has thought up, or that somebody might be able to imagine
Interchangeable
Verb
Parts that can change places, or easily be replaced