Definition of acre Acre
/ejˈkɚ/ - [eyker] - A•cre
We found 17 definitions of acre from 9 different sources.
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What does acre mean?
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- acre (n.)
Any field of arable or pasture land. - acre (n.)
A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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acre
A limited area of land with grass or crops growing on it, which is usually surrounded by fences or closely planted bushes when it is part of a farm. -
acre
A unit of surface area equal to 43,560 square feet, approximately 0.4 hectares.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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acre
ā′kėr, n. a measure of land containing 4840 sq. yards. The Scotch acre contains 6150.4 sq. yards (48 Scotch—61 imperial acres): the Irish, 7840 sq. yards (50 Irish—81 imperial acres): (pl.) for lands, estates generally: (fig.) large quantities of anything.—n. A′creage, the number of acres in a piece of land.—adj. A′cred, possessing acres or land. [A.S. æcer; Ger. acker, L. ager, Gr. agros, Sans. ajras, a plain.]
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acre
An old duel fought by warriors between the frontiers of England and Scotland, with sword and lance. This duelling was also called camp-fight.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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acre
A seaport town of Palestine (in ancient times the celebrated city of Ptolemais), which was the scene of many sieges. It was last stormed and taken by the British in 1840. Acre was gallantly defended by Djezzar Pacha against Bonaparte in July, 1798, till relieved by Sir Smith, who resisted twelve attempts by the French, between March 16 and May 20, 1799. -
acre
An old duel fought by warriors between the frontiers of England and Scotland, with sword and lance. This dueling was also called camp-fight.
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An acre is an English unit of area, which is also used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. It is most often used to describe areas of land.
Originally, it was seen as the area of land a farmer could plough with an ox in a day. Since this definition depended on the farmer and the ox, it looked variable. Therefore, Edward I, Edward III, Henry VIII and George IV passed laws fixing its size. The Commonwealth countries, including the United states then also introduce these laws. -
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Acre is a state in the North Region of Brazil. It borders other two states, Amazonas and Rondônia, and two countries, Bolivia and Peru. Its capital city is Rio Branco and other important cities are: Cruzeiro do Sul, Tarauacá, Sena Madureira, and Brasiléia.
The state is mostly covered by jungle of Amazon Rainforest. There are many rivers in Acre, some of them are Juruá, Purus River, Acre River, Tarauacá, Muru, Embirá, and Xapuri.
The economy is based on agriculture, cattle animal husbandry, and extractivism of rubber and chestnut.
Until the start of the 20th century, Acre was a territory of Bolivia. But, since the 19th century, most people from Acre were Brazilian people, and they created an independent state.
In 1889, the Bolivians tried to control the area again and there were fights.
In november 17, 1903, Acre become a Brazilian territory and in june 15, 1962 it was unified and became a state.
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🔤- acre, noun, singular of acres.
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