noun
acre
AY-kuh
noun
1
A unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards (about 4,047 square metres), historically the amount of land a team of oxen could plough in a day.
"The farm covers about two hundred acres."
"They bought a five-acre plot to build their house on."
How to Use Acre
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA standard measurement of land area, still widely used for farms and property in the UK and US.
UK vs US
Both UK and US still use acres for land measurement, unlike most metric units.
Common pairings
acres of land
a five-acre farm
per acre
Word Forms
acres plural, acre plural
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Etymology
From Old English æcer, "field where crops are grown," from a very old Germanic and Indo-European root meaning simply "field."