Phrase Hound found 47 phrases and 41 compound words that contain acre. The most common are listed below. Open acre in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 47
- starve-acreA type of crowfoot Ranunculus arvensis, known for growing on impoverished soil.
- Castle AcreA village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8115).
- South AcreA small village and civil parish (without a council) in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8114).
- West AcreA village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7815).
- Acre antshrikeA passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus divisorius.
- God's acreA Christian place of burial; a churchyard.
- acre feetplural of acre foot
- acre footAlternative form of acre-foot.
- acre shotA local land tax or charge levied upon property, charged per acre.
- green acreA fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, tertiary to a white acre.
- Irish acreA unit of area equal to 7840 square yards (approximately 0.66 hectares or 1.62 statute acres).
- long acreA long, narrow, strip of land.
- statute acreA standard unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet.
- acre-breadthAlternative form of acre's breadth: A chain; A unit of length equal to 22 yards.
- US survey acreUnit of measure for areas, defined as 43,560 square feet,https://web.archive.org/web/20041204052555/http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/appxc/appxc.htm or 4,046.8564224 square meters. A square mile has 640 acres.
- stave-acreA medicinal herb, Staphis agria.
- acre moneyA rent, tithe, or parish tax that was assessed based on the amount of acres a person owned or occupied.
- acre shotsplural of acre shot: A local land tax or charge levied upon property, charged per acre.
- acre-daleLand in a common field, different parts of which are held by different proprietors.
- acre-inchA unit of volume that is one twelfth of an acre-foot; the volume of water that would cover an area of one acre to a depth of one inch, equal to 102.8 cu. m or 3,630 cu. ft.
- acre-inchesplural of acre-inch: A unit of volume that is one twelfth of an acre-foot; the volume of water that would cover an area of one acre to a depth of one inch, equal to 102.8 cu. m or 3,630 cu. ft.
- acre-staffSynonym of ploughstaff: The hind part or handle of a plough.
- black acreA fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, secondary to a white acre.
- church acreA piece of land owned or allocated to a church consisting of one acre.
- English acreSynonym of statute acre: A standard unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet.
Compound words 41
- broadacreOf or pertaining to, or suitable for large-scale farming.
- BlackacreA placeholder name of a fictitious or hypothetical estate in land commonly used to discuss the rights of various parties to a piece of real property.
- GreenacreA fictitious or hypothetical estate in land, commonly used to discuss the rights of various parties to a piece of real property.
- WoodacreA census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States.
- acrefulAs much as an acre produces or uses.
- acreocracyImportant landowners, considered as a class.
- hectacreOne hundred acres.
- acrelessLacking ownership or possession of land; landless.
- acremanA leader of a plowing team in medieval England.
- foreacreThe headland of a ploughed field; the land at the ends of a field where the furrows cross.