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acre
1[ey-ker]
noun
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
acres,
lands; land.
wooded acres.
Informal.large quantities.
acres of Oriental rugs.
Archaic.a plowed or sown field.
Acre
2[ah-kruh, ah-ker, ey-ker]
noun
a state in W Brazil. 58,900 sq. mi. (152,550 sq. km). Rio Branco.
a seaport in NW Israel: besieged and captured by Crusaders 1191.
Acre
1noun
a state of W Brazil: mostly unexplored tropical forests; acquired from Bolivia in 1903. Capital: Rio Branco. Pop: 586942 (2002). Area: 152589 sq km (58899 sq miles)
Arabic name: `Akka.Hebrew name: `Akko.Old Testament name: Accho.a city and port in N Israel, strategically situated on the Bay of Acre in the E Mediterranean: taken and retaken during the Crusades (1104, 1187, 1191, 1291), taken by the Turks (1517), by Egypt (1832), and by the Turks again (1839). Pop: 45600 (2001)
acre
2/ ˈɪə /
noun
a unit of area used in certain English-speaking countries, equal to 4840 square yards or 4046.86 square metres
(plural)
land, esp a large area
informala large amount
he has acres of space in his room
to graze cows on the verge of a road
acre
A unit of area in the US Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 43,560 square feet or 4,047 square meters.
Other 51Թ Forms
- half-acre noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of acre1
Example Sentences
The effort, which unfolded gradually over the last 23 years, culminated in May as Western Rivers Conservancy turned over 14,968 acres to the Yurok Tribe.
Many tractors and trucks sat idle surrounded by acres of farmland, as an unknown number of workers chose to stay home.
That included the state’s first gigafire — more than 1 million acres burned in Northern California.
The Ranch fire, which has burned through 4,205 acres of vegetation, is now 10% contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced Wednesday morning.
By 4 p.m., the fire had grown to 1,533 acres.
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