acres

Meaning

plural of acre

acre

  1. An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
  2. (historical) An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
  3. Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
  4. (informal, plural-normally) A wide expanse.
  5. (informal, plural-normally) A large quantity.
  6. (obsolete) A field.
  7. (obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yd (≈20 m) by 220 yd (≈200 m).
  8. (obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

Translations

akre

acres

ακρ

Acres

acre

κτήματα

قِطْعة أرْض

مُلْك

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈeɪ.kəz/

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