C1nounenvironmentnature
US/ˈeɪ.kər/
UK/ˈeɪ.kə/
a unit for measuring land, equal to about 4,047 square meters
In context
The farm covers about 200 acres of rice fields and orchards.
They bought a house with an acre of land outside the city.
The fire destroyed thousands of acres of forest.
Words that go with acre
noun + preposition
- acres of landThe company owns 5,000 acres of land in the highlands.
- thousands of acresFloods covered thousands of acres of farmland.
- acres of forestLoggers have cleared hundreds of acres of forest.
- acres of spaceThe new campus has acres of space for sports fields.
noun + noun
- acre farmHe grew up on a 50-acre farm in Ohio.