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DictionaryacreUnit of land area
noun

acre

AY-kur/ˈeɪkər/

A unit of land area equal to 43,560 square feet.

The marked parcel covers one acre.

A single rectangular grassy land parcel marked by four corner stakes and taut boundary cord, with short functional dimension labels of 66 ft and 660 ft establishing exactly one acre.
Etymology
acreOld Englishtilled field, open land

Originally a field without a fixed size, an acre became the amount of land a team of oxen could plow in a day. It was later standardized as a precise unit of area.

In context

Midnight Mosey6:01
the XIT a three million acre ranch just think about that for a minute
Amarillo’s Old West - Ep. 4, The XIT Ranch

More examples

  • Several acres surrounded the house.
  • She bought an acre of land.
  • The field measured ten acres.

Forms

acre · acres

Similar words

hectare
A different land-area unit, about 2.47 acres.
plot
A parcel without a fixed area.