acre
Syllabification: (a·cre)
Pronunciation: /ˈākər/
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Definition of acre
noun
Derivatives
Pronunciation: /ˈākərd/
adjective
Origin:
Old English æcer (denoting the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch akker and German Acker 'field', from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit ajra 'field', Latin ager, and Greek agros