What is another word for acre?

Pronunciation: [ˈe͡ɪkə] (IPA)

An acre is a unit of land measurement, often used in agriculture to quantify the size of plots of land or farms. However, there are a variety of synonyms for this term, including "hectare," "square mile," "section," "plot," "parcel," and "lot." Each of these terms refers to a specific size or type of land, ranging from smaller, individual plots to larger, expansive tracts of land. As such, the use of these synonyms can help to more precisely describe the land in question, depending on its size, shape, and intended use.

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  • Equivalence

    • Proper noun, singular
      akka.
  • Other Related

    • Proper noun, singular
      CAER.

What are the hypernyms for Acre?

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Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the holonyms for Acre?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Acre

Every acre of it.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He owns every acre of it; there's not a flaw in his title; he has managed to make all Martin's debts assume the shape of advances in hard cash.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Would you or Gordon consider it a good bargain to part with a single acre for all the advice he can offer you?
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Acre

  • An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
    Red Auerbach
  • Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.
    Samuel Beckett
  • If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn, inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing, and count the number of quarters of seed, and you shall know the return of seed, and what ought to be over.
    Robert Grosseteste
  • Know that each acre of fallow ought to support yearly two sheep at the least, then a hundred acres of fallow can support two hundred sheep, two hundred acres, four hundred sheep and so on.
    Robert Grosseteste
  • Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop.
    David F. Houston

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