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Definition of Acre

1. Noun. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.

2. Noun. A territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru.

3. Noun. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.

Definition of Acre

1. n. Any field of arable or pasture land.

Definition of Acre

1. Proper noun. (non-gloss definition Old name of a city in modern Israel famed from the Crusades: see Acco.) ¹

2. Proper noun. A state in north-western Brazil, bordering Peru and Bolivia. ¹

3. Proper noun. (surname) ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) A field. ¹

5. Noun. A unit of surface area (''symbol'' a. ''or'' ac.), originally as much as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day; later defined as an area 1 chain (22 yd) by 1 furlong (220 yd), or 4,840 square yards. Equivalent to about 4,046.86 square metres. ¹

6. Noun. (in the plural informal) A large amount (of area). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acre

1. a unit of area [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acre

Acol Acoli Acoma Aconcagua Aconitum Aconitum lycoctonum Aconitum napellus Acoraceae Acores Acorus

Acorus calamus Acosta's disease Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Acragas Acrasiomycetes Acre (current term) Acre antshrike Acre antshrikes Acrel's ganglion Acrididae

Acridotheres Acridotheres tristis Acrilan Acris Acris crepitans Acris gryllus Acrobates Acrocarpus Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Acrocephalus

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