ALL meanings of acre
a·cre
A a - countable noun acre An acre is an area of land measuring 4840 square yards or 4047 square metres. 3
- noun acre a unit of area used in certain English-speaking countries, equal to 4840 square yards or 4046.86 square metres 3
- noun acre land, esp a large area 3
- noun acre a large amount 3
- noun acre 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) 3
- noun acre 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) 3
- abbreviation ACRE Akko 3
- noun acre state of westernmost Brazil: 58,915 sq mi (152,589 sq km); pop. 417,000; cap. Rio Branco 3
- noun acre a unit of land area in the FPS system, equal to 4,840 square yards or 160 square rods (0.4047 hectare or 4,046.8564 square meters): abbrev. ac 3
- noun acre specific holdings in land; lands 3
- noun acre a large quantity 3
- noun acre field 3
- noun acre land measure: 4047 m² 1
- suffix acre measuring a given number of acres 1
- noun acre a state in W Brazil. 58,900 sq. mi. (152,550 sq. km). Capital: Rio Branco. 1
- noun acre a seaport in NW Israel: besieged and captured by Crusaders 1191. 1
- noun acre A unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards (0.405 hectare). 1
- noun acre (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A field. 0
- noun acre An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters. 0
- noun acre Similar units of area in other systems. 0
- noun acre (Informal) (usually plural) A wide expanse. 0
- noun acre (Informal) (usually plural) A large quantity. 0
- noun acre (Obsolete (No longer in use)) The acre's breadth or length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) or 220 yrds (≈200 m). 0
- noun acre (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands. 0