acre-foot
acre-foot · acre-feet
A unit of measure, used for volumes of water, equal to one acre times one foot, which…A unit of measure, used for volumes of water, equal to one acre times one foot (that is, to the amount of water required to cover one acre of land to a depth of one foot), which is 43,560 cubic feet, 325,851 gallons, or about 1,233 cubic meters.
Meaning
1 senses(US)A unit of measure, used for volumes of water, equal to one acre times one foot (that is, to the amount of water required to cover one acre of land to a depth of one foot), which is 43,560 cubic feet, 325,851 gallons, or about 1,233 cubic meters.
the volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot; 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic meters
Forms
plural: acre-feetLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular