acre

noun

ˈā-kər

archaic : a field especially of arable land or pastureland

acres plural : lands, estate

: any of various units of area

specifically : a unit in the U.S. and England equal to 43,560 square feet (4047 square meters) see Weights and Measures Table

: a broad expanse or great quantity

acres of free publicity

Example Sentences

The house sits on two acres of land. They own hundreds of acres of farmland.

Recent Examples on the Web There’s also a large casita on the almost quarter-of-an-acre property that needs plumbing.

Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022 Set a maximum by-right building footprint. Require a special permit for new development on properties greater than three-quarters of an acre.

John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Today, Watlington, who used to own The Red Door restaurant in Mission Hills, operates Two Forks Farm on a third of an acre in Mount Helix and works with area restaurants and independent chefs.

Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 At least a dozen holdover fires were detected in the Klamath National Forest, ranging in size from less than one-tenth of an acre to several acres, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday.

Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2022 At least a dozen holdover fires were detected in the Klamath National Forest, ranging in size from less than one-tenth of an acre to several acres, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday.

Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 The third, on what is now Barack Obama Boulevard, is a tenth of an acre.

Wired, 29 July 2022 The villa spans three stories on a third of an acre, scattering three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms across 7,340 square feet.

al, 28 July 2022 Completed just before the pandemic, the property sits on three-fourths of an acre and offers ocean views from nearly every corner.

David Kaufman, Robb Report, 14 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English aker, acre, going back to Old English æcer, going back to Germanic *akraz (whence also, with k geminate in West Germanic, Old Saxon akkar "field," Old High German ackar, Old Norse akr "arable land," Gothic akrs "field"), going back to Indo-European *h₂eǵros, whence also Latin ager, "piece of land, field," Greek agrós, Sanskrit ájrah

Note: This Indo-European noun is traditionally linked to the verbal base *h₂eǵ- "drive (cattle, etc.)" (see agent), on the assumption that *h₂eǵ-ros originally meant "pasture," "fallow land," onto which the cattle were driven, and later developed other senses, as "cultivated field." The semantic plausibility of such a derivation has recently been questioned, however.

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Geographical Definition

Acre 1 of 2

geographical name (1)

ˈä-krē

-(ˌ)krā

state in western Brazil bordering on Peru and Bolivia; capital Rio Branco area 59,343 square miles (153,698 square kilometers), population 733,559

Acre

2 of 2

geographical name (2)

ˈä-kər

ˈā-kər,

ˈä-krə

variants or Hebrew ʽAkko or Old Testament Accho

ˈä-kō

ˈā-

or New Testament Ptolemaïs

ˌtä-lə-ˈmā-əs How to pronounce Acre (audio)

city and port at the head of a bay on the Mediterranean Sea north of Mount Carmel in northwestern Israel population 37,400

单词	acre
释义	acre noun ˈā-kər 1 a archaic : a field especially of arable land or pastureland b acres plural : lands, estate 2 : any of various units of area specifically : a unit in the U.S. and England equal to 43,560 square feet (4047 square meters) see Weights and Measures Table 3 : a broad expanse or great quantity acres of free publicity Example Sentences The house sits on two acres of land. They own hundreds of acres of farmland. Recent Examples on the Web There’s also a large casita on the almost quarter-of-an-acre property that needs plumbing. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022 Set a maximum by-right building footprint. Require a special permit for new development on properties greater than three-quarters of an acre. John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Today, Watlington, who used to own The Red Door restaurant in Mission Hills, operates Two Forks Farm on a third of an acre in Mount Helix and works with area restaurants and independent chefs. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 At least a dozen holdover fires were detected in the Klamath National Forest, ranging in size from less than one-tenth of an acre to several acres, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2022 At least a dozen holdover fires were detected in the Klamath National Forest, ranging in size from less than one-tenth of an acre to several acres, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday. Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 The third, on what is now Barack Obama Boulevard, is a tenth of an acre. Wired, 29 July 2022 The villa spans three stories on a third of an acre, scattering three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms across 7,340 square feet. al, 28 July 2022 Completed just before the pandemic, the property sits on three-fourths of an acre and offers ocean views from nearly every corner. David Kaufman, Robb Report, 14 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English aker, acre, going back to Old English æcer, going back to Germanic akraz (whence also, with k geminate in West Germanic, Old Saxon akkar* "field," Old High German ackar, Old Norse akr "arable land," Gothic akrs "field"), going back to Indo-European h₂eǵros, whence also Latin ager,* "piece of land, field," Greek agrós, Sanskrit ájrah Note: This Indo-European noun is traditionally linked to the verbal base h₂eǵ- "drive (cattle, etc.)" (see agent), on the assumption that h₂eǵ-ros originally meant "pasture," "fallow land," onto which the cattle were driven, and later developed other senses, as "cultivated field." The semantic plausibility of such a derivation has recently been questioned, however. First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing acre acre-foot acre-inch God's acre acre-foot acre-inch God's acre Kids Definition acre noun ˈā-kər : a measure of land area equal to 43,560 square feet (about 4047 square meters) Geographical Definition Acre 1 of 2 geographical name (1) ˈä-krē -(ˌ)krā state in western Brazil bordering on Peru and Bolivia; capital Rio Branco area 59,343 square miles (153,698 square kilometers), population 733,559 Acre 2 of 2 geographical name (2) ˈä-kər ˈā-kər, ˈä-krə variants or Hebrew ʽAkko or Old Testament Accho ˈä-kō ˈā- or New Testament Ptolemaïs ˌtä-lə-ˈmā-əs city and port at the head of a bay on the Mediterranean Sea north of Mount Carmel in northwestern Israel population 37,400
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acre

noun

Example Sentences

Word History

Phrases Containing acre

Kids Definition

noun

Geographical Definition

geographical name (1)

geographical name (2)