acres

A·cre  (äkr, äkr) also Ak·ko (ä-k, äk)

A port city of northern Israel on the Bay of Haifa. During the Crusades it changed hands many times between Christians and Muslims. Acre was ceded to the Arabs in the United Nations partition of Palestine in 1948 but was captured by Israel shortly thereafter. Population: 45,900.

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a·cre  (kr)

n.

1. Abbr. a. or ac. A unit of area in the U.S. Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. See Table at measurement.

2. acres Property in the form of land; estate.

3. A wide expanse, as of land or other matter. Often used in the plural: "Everything was streaky pink marble and acres of textureless carpeting" (Anne Tyler).

4. Archaic A field or plot of arable land.

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[Middle English aker, field, acre, from Old English æcer; see agro- in Indo-European roots.]

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acres - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" demesne, landed estate, estate, land freehold - an estate held in fee simple or for life immovable, real estate, real property, realty - property consisting of houses and land glebe - plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office leasehold - land or property held under a lease smallholding - a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation homestead - land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law feoff, fief - a piece of land held under the feudal system barony - the estate of a baron countryseat - an estate in the country Crown land - land that belongs to the Crown manor - the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) seigneury, seigniory, signory - the estate of a seigneur hacienda - a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries plantation - an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) entail - land received by fee tail