acre

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.

   a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries

2. 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.

   (historical)An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.

3. Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

4. (informal, usually plural)A wide expanse.

   I like my new house—there’s acres of space!

5. (informal, usually plural)A large quantity.

6. (obsolete)A field.

7. (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).

8. (obsolete)A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

1. Tom owns a thirteen-acre farm.

   deTom besitzt eine fünf Hektar große Farm.

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2. Tom owns a thirty-acre farm.

   deTom besitzt eine zwölf Hektar große Farm.

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3. Tom has three acres of land.

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4. Tom lives on a thirty-acre farm.

   deTom lebt auf einer zwölf Hektar großen Farm.

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5. Tom bought three acres of lakefront property.

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