acre

Speech parts

1. acre - Noun

2. Acre - Proper noun

Meaning

Any field of arable or pasture land.

A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

plot estate acreage Akka Akko Accho manor Balkans BMI rood acer area field land region
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Antonyms

mountain whole sea city core conclusion
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Hypernyms

area unit square measure

Related terms

acorn wiseacre Greenacre

Phrases with the word

Castle Acre South Acre West Acre acre's breadth Scottish acre Scots acre

Anagrams

care race acer caer Cera Crea

Examples

An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Every time we burn a gallon of gas or an acre of rain forest, aren't we killing the future to preserve the present? Chuck Palahniuk

The flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea at Acre is not similar to the flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea in Spain. Rashi

Reputation is commonly measured by the acre. English Proverb

One acre of performance, is worth twenty of the land of promise. English Proverb

The acre of laziness is full of thistles. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

acratically acrawl acraze Acre antshrike acre breadth acre brede