acres
/ˈeɪ.kɚz/
nouna · cres
Think: “A + CRES” — an A-cre is a piece of land you can measure.
Yes, it's acres. Start with the long A sound: **a**-; the ending is **-cres** (not **-cars** or **-akers**).
Definitions
- noununits of land area equal to 43,560 square feet (about 4,047 square meters).
- nounlarge areas of land (used generally to mean “a lot of land”).
Examples
- “The farm covers 120 acres of corn and soybeans.”
- “They bought five acres outside town to build a small house and barn.”
- “From the hilltop, we could see acres of forest stretching to the river.”
Synonyms
landpropertyfieldsterrainground
Translations
ES acresPT acresFR acres
Common misspellings
acersakersacresesacres acres.acres'acresa c r e s
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