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Definitions for Acre

[1] a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
[2] acres, lands; land: wooded acres. Informal . large quantities: acres of Oriental rugs.
[3] Archaic . a plowed or sown field.
[4] a state in W Brazil. 58,900 sq. mi. (152,550 sq. km). Capital : Rio Branco.
[5] a seaport in NW Israel: besieged and captured by Crusaders 1191.
[6] a unit of area used in certain English-speaking countries, equal to 4840 square yards or 4046.86 square metres
[7] (plural) land, esp a large area informal a large amount he has acres of space in his room
[8] farm the long acre NZ to graze cows on the verge of a road
[9] (ˈɑːkrə ) 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)
[10] (ˈeɪkə , ˈɑːkə ) 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 (ɑːˈkəʊ ) Arabic name: `Akka (ɑːˈkɑː ) Hebrew name: `Akko (ɑːˈkəʊ )

Words related to Acre

plot, property, estate, acreage, bit, manor, grounds

Words nearby Acre

acr-, acral, acraldehyde, acrania, acrasin, acre, acre right, acre-foot, acre-inch, acreage, acred

Origin of Acre

before 1000; Middle English aker, Old English æcer; cognate with Old Frisian ekker, Old Saxon akkar, Old High German ackar (German Acker ), Old Norse akr, Gothic akers, Latin ager, Greek agrós, Sanskrit ájra-; see also acorn, agrarian, agrestic, agriculture, agro-

Other words from Acre

half-a·cre , noun

Word origin for Acre

Old English æcer field, acre; related to Old Norse akr, German Acker, Latin ager field, Sanskrit ajra field

Synonyms for Acre

acreage, estate, plot, property, bit, grounds, manor