acre (ˈeɪkə
)
Definitions
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 amount ⇒
he has acres of space in his room
- See farm the long acre
Word Origin
Old English æcer field, acre; related to Old Norse akr, German Acker, Latin ager field, Sanskrit ajra fieldAcre
Definitions
noun
- 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)
- 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 Arabic name`Akka Hebrew name`Akko
Translations
- British English:
acre
An acre is a unit of area equal to 4840 square yards or approximately 4047 square metres.The property has two acres of land.ˈeɪkə NOUN The property has two acres of land.
- Spanish:
acre
nm
- French:
acre
nf
- German:
Morgen
nm
- Chinese: 英亩 n
- Arabic: أَكْر n
- Portuguese: acre, cerca de 4 mil metros quadrados nm
- Russian: акр nm
- Croatian: jutro nnt
- Czech: akr nm
- Danish: acre nutr
- Dutch: acre n
- Finnish: eekkeri n
- Greek: ακρ nnt
- Italian: acro nm
- Japanese: エーカー n
- Korean: 에이커 n
- Norwegian: acre nm
- Polish: akr nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: acre nm
- European Spanish:
acre
nm
- Swedish: acre n acre
- Thai: หน่วยวัดเนื้อที่เป็นเอเคอร์ n
- Turkish: acre n
- Vietnamese: mẫu Anh n
Usage examples
When my people go into God's acre they are covered in a canvas sheet and shoved into a shallow hole.
, A Shrine of Murders (1993)Award winning listed buildings, 600 years old, 1,000 acre estate.
Country Life (2004)There's even a mosquito magnet that protects up to half an acre.
Edmonton Sun (2003)Built in the Scots baronial style, it covers around 4600 sq ft and has a garden of about an acre in size.
Glasgow Herald (2001)But the crofts were too small (on Skye they averaged less than half an acre ) to allow most families to feed themselves.
, THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002)