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noun
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An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.
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Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
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(usually in the plural) A wide expanse.
"I like my new house - there’s acres of space!"
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(usually in the plural) A large quantity.
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A field.
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The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).
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A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.
Synonyms:
morgen, feddan, arpen, arpent, pose, bigha, cawney, cawny, Irish acre, collop, plantation acre, juger, jugerum, Scotch acre, Scots acre, Scottish acre, acair, Welsh acre, cover, cyfair, erw, stang, day's math, demath