acre

[US]/ˈeɪkə(r)/
[UK]/ˈeɪkər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a unit of land area equal to 43,560 square feet; a piece of land; estate

Example Sentences

an acre under oats.

an enclosure ten acres in extent.

thousands of acres of fenland.

acres of level farmland.

forty acres of tillage.

acres of virgin forests.

a library with acres of books

fifty acres of plough

crop several acres with barley

developing a 30-acre tract.

They own 200 acres of farmland.

each spring we revegetate acre after acre with pine seedlings.

The acre of garden is host to a splendid bank of rhododendrons.

he created a thirty-acre lake.

thirty-five acres of flat countryside.

the house stands in seven acres of grounds.

1,000 acres of heathland.

Real-world Examples

There were two million acres of redwood forest.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation June 2014

The expanded farm will cover 50 acres.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American April 2021 Collection

It allowed us to knit together 1800 acres.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2023 Collection

It's only about 27 acres in size.

Source: CNN Select February 2016 Collection

A wildfire there has burned about 23,000 acres.

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2015

Oyster reefs covered over 220,000 acres along the coastline.

Source: Vox opinion

By autumn it will own or lease 270,000 acres.

Source: The Economist - International

The blaze has already destroyed nearly 300,000 acres of land.

Source: BBC World Headlines

Did you hear about that? They burned 35 million acres.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2022 Collection

They cover 145,000 acres of government land across nine states.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

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