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black acre

black acre noun: a fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, secondary to a white acre.

Noun

black acre (plural black acres)

  1. A fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, secondary to a white acre.

Forms of black acre

pluralblack acres

Questions about black acre

What does black acre mean?
Black acre means a fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, secondary to a white acre.
What part of speech is black acre?
Black acre is a noun.
What is the plural of black acre?
The plural of black acre is black acres.

Words near black acre in the dictionary

  1. black
  2. black abalone
  3. black abalones
  4. black ace
  5. black aces
  6. black acre
  7. black acres
  8. Black Act
  9. black advance
  10. black advances
  11. Black Africa

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