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Synonyms of acre

24 similar words

Another word for acre is morgen. Other synonyms of acre are erw and cover.

Synonyms and similar words for acre

nounApproximate.

  • day's mathA unit of area referring to the amount of land that one person can mow in a single day, roughly equivalent to one acre.
  • demathSynonym of day's math.

nounMore synonyms

  • feddanA Middle Eastern unit of area, divided into 24 kirats, and typically equivalent to 4200.8 square metres.
  • morgenA unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies and parts of the United States, where it was...
  • arpent
  • arpen
  • pose
  • cawney India
  • cawny India
  • bigha IndiaA measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
  • Irish acre IrelandA unit of area equal to 7840 square yards (approximately 0.66 hectares or 1.62 statute acres).
  • collop Ireland
  • plantation acre IrelandSynonym of Irish acre.
  • jugerA Roman unit of area, equivalent to rectangle with sides of 240×120 Roman feet (2 acti or about ¼ ha).
  • jugerum
  • Scottish acreA former unit of measurement used in Scotland, equivalent to around 1.25 acres.
  • Scots acreSynonym of Scottish acre.
  • Scotch acreSynonym of Scottish acre.
  • acair
  • Welsh acreSynonym of erw.
  • cover
  • cyfair
  • erwA medieval Welsh unit of surface area equal to 11664 sq ft, or about ¼ acre.
  • stang

Meaning of acre

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
  3. noun Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

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Questions about synonyms of acre

What is another word for acre?
Acre has 24 synonyms on Word.ws, such as morgen, erw and cover.
What does acre mean?
Acre means 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.

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