Definition of Acre

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

Generic synonyms: Area Unit, Square Measure

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.
Exact synonyms: Accho, Akka, Akko
Generic synonyms: Port, Town
Group relationships: Israel, Sion, State Of Israel, Yisrael, Zion

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
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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