acre

nounA1

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

acresacreaceraker

1.
An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
2.
Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
3.
(informal, plural normally)(informal, usually in the plural) A wide expanse.
I like my new house—there’s acres of space!
4.
(informal, plural normally)(informal, usually in the plural) A large quantity.
5.
(obsolete)A field.
6.
(obsolete)The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yd (≈20 m) by 220 yd (≈200 m).
7.
(obsolete)A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

day's mathdemathfeddan arpent arpen pose Morgen cawney cawny bighaIrish acrecollopplantation acrejugerjugerumScottish acreScots acreScotch acreacairWelsh acre

Cùng gốc / liên quan

acrefulacreocracyBlackacrebroadacreforeacreFouracrehectacremultiacrenanoacreWhiteacreWoodacreacre-inchacreableacreageacre breadthacre's breadthacre bredeacredacre-daleacre foot

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer (field where crops are grown), from *akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz (field), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (field). agriculture.