acrea‧cre /ˈeɪkə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
They own 200 acres of farmland. a 200-acre wood2acres of space/room British English informal a large amount of space
Word OriginWORD ORIGINacre
ExamplesOrigin:
Old English æcerEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- a 2000-acre ranch
- They own 1500 acres of farmland.
- After fifty years, two hundred sculpted trees occupied three sloping acres at the shore of Lake Waban in Wellesley.
- For the isolated detached property, situated in a few acres of land, is a cemetery lodge.
- It's a very large-well, there are five acres of land around the house.
- Only 865 acres were planned as open space under the old plan.
- She judged the garden to be about two acres in extent, and rejoiced anew at her amazing luck.
- Some work will begin this summer, when more than an acre of new copper roofing will be installed.
- Sometimes they stand completely isolated, surrounded by acres of fields.
WORD SETS► Measurement
Collocationsacre, nounacreage, nounavoirdupois, nounbaker's dozen, nounbalance, nounbarometer, nounbaseline, nounbasin, nounbaud rate, nounbearing, nounbecquerel, nounblack box, nounboiling point, nounbottle, nounbox, nouncalculator, nouncalibrate, verbcalibration, nouncc, centi-, prefixcentimetre, nouncircumference, nouncl, clock, verbcm, cu, cubic, adjectivecubit, nouncup, nouncupful, nouncwt, daylight saving time, noundeci-, prefixdecibel, noundecimalization, noundeflection, noundegree, noundensity, noundepth, noundimension, noundipstick, noundisplacement, noundoz., noundozen, numberelevation, nounfactor, nounfathom, nounfl oz, fluid ounce, nounfoot, nounft, g, gage, noungal, gallon, noungauge, noungauge, verbGB, Geiger counter, noungigabyte, noungill, noungirth, noungm, graduated, adjectivegraduation, noungrain, noungram, noungramme, noungrid, noungross, adjectivehandful, nounhectare, nounhertz, nounhigh, adjectivehundredweight, nounimpedance, nounimperial, adjectiveinch, nounindicator, nouninstrument, nounjoule, nounkarat, nounkg, kilo, nounkilo-, prefixkilogram, nounkilometre, nounkm, knot, nounl, latitude, nounlb, league, nounlength, nounlight year, nounliter, nounlitre, nounlow water mark, nounmax, nounmaximum, adjectivemean, adjectivemeasure, verbmeasure, nounmedian, nounmedium, adjectivemegaton, nounmelting point, nounmental age, nounmeter, nounmeter, verb-meter, suffixmetre, noun-metre, suffixmetric, adjectivemetrication, nounmetric ton, nounmg, MHz, microsecond, nounmile, nounmillennium, nounmilli-, prefixmillibar, nounmilligram, nounmillilitre, nounmillimetre, nounminus, adjectiveminute, nounml, mpg, mph, nano-, prefixnanosecond, nounnautical mile, nounounce, nounoverweight, adjectiveoz, pace, verbpart, nounpedometer, nounpint, nounplus, adjectivepoint, nounpound, nounpunnet, nounqt, quantify, verbquart, nounradioactive dating, nounradius, nounrain gauge, nounread, verbreading, nounrecord, verbreset, verbrev, nounrotation, nounrpm, rule, nounruler, nounscale, nounsea level, nounsea mile, nounseismograph, nounsensor, nounset square, nounsextant, nounsnowfall, nounsoundings, nounsq., subsonic, adjectivesundial, nountherm, nountimberline, nountog, nounton, nountonnage, nountonne, nountroy weight, noununit, nounvoltmeter, nounvolume, nounwatch, nounwatt, nounwattage, nounweighbridge, nounweight, nounwidth, nounwt., yard, nounyardage, nounyardstick, nounyd, zero, number
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a 300-hectare/400-acre etc farm
1a unit for measuring area, equal to 4,840 square yards or 4,047 square metres: · He bought a 300-hectare farm in Shropshire.
► an acre/hectare of land· The family owned hundreds of acres of land.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► farm· The thirty-four acre farm is expected to fetch more than a quarter of a million pounds.· Half of Neil Walker's 1,700 acre farm will disappear under water if the reservoir goes ahead.· Dennis was 23 when the 300-acre farm-a family home for two centuries-became infected in 1967.· David Jenkinson has a two thousand acre farm near Cirencester.
► site· The proposal covers the entire length of the 30-acre site, from County Hall to Waterloo Bridge.· The travellers bought the two acre site six months ago.· Six self-build plots on a 2.5 acre site are for sale in the Lincolnshire village of Corby Glen, near Grantham.· The rest of the 230 acre site will continue to feature a wide variety of displays.· The 7.6 acre site is currently used for grazing.· The one acre site has become a valuable asset to local schoolchildren.· A 20 acre site has been set aside for the Tivoli Gardens, a landscaped park with games, rides and entertainment.
VERB► buy· Three farms in Powys had bought extra acres to accommodate sons now on the farm.· For example, one year Marvin Lugar allowed the children to buy one acre of wheat with their savings.· Near San Francisco, the Shorelands Company bought 740 acres of barren clay flats.
► cover· The reed beds cost £5 million to develop and cover 12 acres of land.· It is 102 feet deep at its deepest and covers 61 acres.· The Zone covers 300 acres which, for the next twelve years, will offer unprecedented benefits for industrialists and investors.· Casino covers 20 acres, offers 2, 035 rooms and cost about $ 460 million to build.· In the woods is Halling Park, a large area covering 95 acres, and another of 28 acres called Pasted.· This ruin is an unfinished structure about twenty feet high which covers more than an acre.· It covered 14,000 acres, and it was invisible.· In all, the region covers 2 million acres.
► develop· The reed beds cost £5 million to develop and cover 12 acres of land.· McMillin Cos. of San Diego is developing the 59-acre shopping center with almost 384,000 square feet of commercial buildings.· So I developed five acres on my own account and things just went on from there.
► grow· In early times, farmers were expected to grow a quarter acre of flax for one acre of arable land.· Webb was then growing at least 550 acres of rape-seed, and milling twenty gallons of oil a day.
► lose· We've lost acres and acres of woodland to fast grain farming.· If the Hinkley C power station was built he would lose about 150 acres of his best land.
► own· The Trust owned nearly a hundred acres, most of it along a low wooded ridge.· The city still owns about 35 acres, which it intends to sell or lease as the market can absorb them.· He owns about eight hundred acres.
► plant· I appeal to farmers and cultivators to plant every possible acre during the coming planting season.· His family planted six acres of garlic this year and sold it for over five thousand yuan.· In September, he planted 2, 000 acres of wheat, an enterprise that cost about $ 180, 000.· That increased his anxiety: having planted two acres of millet, he had been looking forward to a good harvest.
► sell· No, we sold off thirty acres to a developer in nineteen seventy-three and that was a lot easier than-working.· The group plans to sell 20 acres, or about a tenth of the developable land, this year.
► set· Norton House Hotel A Victorian mansion house set in 55 acres.· All this was set in just about one acre.· So the farm is well set with its 1000 acres of arable and large dairy herd.· Dalhousie Castle Hotel 800-year-old castle set in acres of land.· Ex-engineer Bob, 54, paid less than £5,000 for the building, set in five acres of land, in 1971.· The Victorian/Tudor style mansion is set in eight acres of mixed agricultural land, woodland and gardens.· The excellent three-star Nipa Lodge hotel is set in five acres of tropical gardens.· I stepped out on to a floor of empty desks set on an acre or more of thick carpet.
They own 200 acres of farmland. a 200-acre wood2acres of space/room British English informal a large amount of space