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

  1. noununits of land area equal to 43,560 square feet (about 4,047 square meters).
  2. 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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