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hectacre

/hɛkteɪkə(ɹ)/

hectacre noun: one hundred acres.

Noun (1)

hectacre (plural hectacres)

  1. (rare) One hundred acres.

Noun (2)

hectacre (plural hectacres)

  1. (nonstandard, erroneous) Hectare.
    • In Maryland, I have about six woody plant species per hectacre. (One hectacre, a metric measurement, equals 2.47 acres.)2001, James A. Duke, Michael Castleman, The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions, →ISBN, page 8
    • ha hectacre (2.5 acres)2007, Thomas T. Samaras, Human Body Size and the Laws of Scaling →ISBN, page 335 (list of abbreviations)

Forms of hectacre

pluralhectacres

Origin of hectacre

From hect- + acre.

From confusion of hectare and acre.

Questions about hectacre

What does hectacre mean?
Hectacre means one hundred acres.
What part of speech is hectacre?
Hectacre is a noun.
How do you pronounce hectacre?
Hectacre is pronounced /hɛkteɪkə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of hectacre?
The plural of hectacre is hectacres.

Words near hectacre in the dictionary

  1. Hecla
  2. hecogenin
  3. hecogenins
  4. hect-
  5. hecta-
  6. hectacre
  7. hectacres
  8. hectad
  9. hectads
  10. hectagon
  11. hectagons

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