acre
[ ey-ker ]
/ ˈeɪ kər /
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.
Origin of acre
before 1000; Middle English
aker, Old English
æcer; cognate with Old Frisian
ekker, Old Saxon
akkar, Old High German
ackar (German
Acker), Old Norse
akr, Gothic
akers, Latin
ager, Greek
agrós, Sanskrit
ájra-; see also
acorn,
agrarian,
agrestic,
agriculture,
agro-
OTHER WORDS FROM acre
half-a·cre, nounWords nearby acre
Definition for acre (2 of 2)
Acre
[ ah-kruh for 1; ah-ker, ey-ker for 2 ]
/ ˈɑ krə for 1; ˈɑ kər, ˈeɪ kər for 2 /
noun
a state in W Brazil. 58,900 sq. mi. (152,550 sq. km). Capital: Rio Branco.
a seaport in NW Israel: besieged and captured by Crusaders 1191.
Example sentences from the Web for acre
British Dictionary definitions for acre (1 of 2)
acre
/ (ˈeɪkə) /
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
- informal a large amounthe has acres of space in his room
farm the long acre NZ
to graze cows on the verge of a road
Word Origin for acre
Old English
æcer field, acre; related to Old Norse
akr, German
Acker, Latin
ager field, Sanskrit
ajra field
British Dictionary definitions for acre (2 of 2)
Acre
noun
(ˈɑːkrə)
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)
(ˈeɪkə, ˈɑːkə)
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 name: Accho (ɑːˈkəʊ) Arabic name: `Akka (ɑːˈkɑː) Hebrew name: `Akko (ɑːˈkəʊ)
Scientific definitions for acre
acre
[ ā′kər ]
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.