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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
- ˈɑːə a state of W Brazil: mostly unexplored tropical forests; acquired from Bolivia in 1903. Capital: Rio Branco. Pop: 586 942 (2002). Area: 152 589 sq km (58 899 sq miles)
- ˈɪəˈɑːə 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: 45 600 (2001) Old Testament nameAcchoɑːˈkəʊ Arabic name`Akkaɑːˈkɑː Hebrew name`Akkoɑːˈkəʊ
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
- a large amount
he has acres of space in his room
- farm the long acreto graze cows on the verge of a road
acre
/ ′ə /
- 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
- -· noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of acre1
Idioms and Phrases
- forty acres and a mule. mule 1( def 11 ).
Example Sentences
Ahead of COP, there has been criticism of Brazil from conservationists for cutting down tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest to build a new four-lane highway in preparation for the climate summit.
Oaks and other trees and plants will be planted on 12 acres on both sides of the wildlife crossing.
Latest update has the fire at 150 acres with a rapid rate of spread to the east/northeast.
This comes months after more than 200 people died in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which triggered severe floods and mudslides in Myanmar and left hundreds of thousands of acres of crops destroyed.
“Palisades fire is now at 200 acres,” she wrote, noting that an evacuation order would soon go out.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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