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Acre
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Acre has 3 senses
- acre(n = noun.quantity) Array - a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries; Array is a kind of area unit, square measure
- acre(n = noun.location) Array - a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru; Array is a kind of district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory
- acre(n = noun.location) accho, akka, akko - a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean; Array is a kind of port, town
is a part of brasil, brazil, federative republic of brazil
is a part of israel, sion, state of israel, yisrael, zion
CIDE DICTIONARY
Acre, n. [OE. aker, AS. æcer; akin to OS. accar, OHG. achar, Ger. acker, Icel. akr, Sw. åker, Dan. ager, Goth. akrs, L. ager, Gr. , Skr. ajra. √2, 206.].
- Any field of arable or pasture land. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]" The acre was limited to its present definite quantity by statutes of Edward I., Edward III., and Henry VIII." [1913 Webster]"I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls
The burial ground, God's acre." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Acre, n.
1 a measure of land, 4,840 sq. yds., 0.405 ha.
2 a piece of land; a field.
3 (in pl.) a large area.
1 a measure of land, 4,840 sq. yds., 0.405 ha.
2 a piece of land; a field.
3 (in pl.) a large area.
Derivative
acred adj. (also in comb.).
Etymology
OE {aelig}cer f. Gmc
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