acre

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , from.

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Noun

 * 1) An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
 * 2)  An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
 * 3) Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
 * 4)  A wide expanse.
 * 5)  A large quantity.
 * 6)  A field.
 * 7)  The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yd (≈20 m) by 220 yd (≈200 m).
 * 8)  A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.
 * 1)  The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yd (≈20 m) by 220 yd (≈200 m).
 * 2)  A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

Synonyms

 * morgen
 * morgen
 * morgen

Hypernyms

 * (100 carucates, notionally) See hundred
 * (the area able to be plowed by 8 oxen in a year) See carucate
 * (the area able to be plowed by two oxen in a year) See virgate
 * (the area able to be plowed by an ox in a year) See oxgang
 * (the area able to be plowed by an ox in half a season) See nook
 * (the area able to be plowed by an ox in $1/undefined$ a season) See fardel
 * (10 acres, prob. spurious) acreme

Hyponyms

 * ($1/undefined$ acre) See rood
 * ($1/undefined$ acre) lug, perch, (now chiefly Scottish) fall

Translations

 * Arabic: آكِر
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: ekra
 * Finnish: eekkeri
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აკრი
 * German:, , , Joch Landes, Juchart
 * Greek: έικρ
 * Hungarian: angol hold
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: acra
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بەرجووت
 * Malay: ekar
 * Maori: eka
 * Navajo: náhásdzo hayázhí dikʼą́
 * Norman: acre
 * Old English: æcer
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Aka
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, geira
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: acaire
 * Serbo-Croatian: акер, aker, ,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: morgen
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: mẫu Anh,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: אַקער
 * Yoruba: éékà, sarè

Etymology
Probably from reenforced by.

Etymology 1
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Adjective

 * 1) sharp, sour
 * 2) penetrating
 * 3) shrill
 * 4) harsh, malevolent
 * 1) penetrating
 * 2) shrill
 * 3) harsh, malevolent
 * 1) harsh, malevolent
 * 1) harsh, malevolent

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1) an

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1) an

Etymology 1
Borrowed from. .

Adjective

 * 1) sharp unpleasantly acrid or tart in taste

Etymology 2
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1)  English or American ,

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) An  unit of measurement.
 * 2) As a lineal measure.
 * 3) piece of ground.

Usage notes
The plural is acre when following a numeral.

Verb

 * 1) To let grain crops be harvested at a stated sum per acre.
 * 2) To be employed in harvesting grain crops at a stated sum per acre.

Etymology 1
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Adjective

 * 1) bitter; acrid; pungent
 * 2) caustic

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) English or American