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a·cre
(ā′kər)n.
1. A unit of area in the US Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. See Table at measurement.
2.
a. acres Property in the form of land; estate.
b. Archaic A field or plot of arable land.
3. often acres A wide expanse, as of land or other matter: "acres of textureless carpeting" (Anne Tyler).
A·cre
(ä′krə, ä′kər) also Ak·ko (ä-kō′, ä′kō) A port city of northern Israel on the Bay of Haifa. During the Crusades it changed hands many times between Christians and Muslims. Acre was assigned to the Arabs in the United Nations partition of Palestine in 1948 but was captured by Israel shortly thereafter.
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acres
(ˈeɪkəz)pl n
1. land, esp a large area
2. informal a large amount
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Noun | 1. | acres - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" freehold - an estate held in fee simple or for life glebe - plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office leasehold - land or property held under a lease smallholding - a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation homestead - land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law barony - the estate of a baron countryseat - an estate in the country Crown land - land that belongs to the Crown manor - the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) hacienda - a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries plantation - an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) entail - land received by fee tail |
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