acre

/ˈeɪ·kər/ n [C]

Definition

› a unit for measuring area, equal to 43,560 square feet or 4047 square meters: They bought half an acre of land to build their house on. acreage

/ˈeɪ·kər·ɪdʒ/ n [U] › Forest covers half the acreage.

(Definition of acre n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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