plural acres
: a measure of land area in the U.S. and Britain that equals 4,840 square yards (about 4,047 square meters)
The house sits/is on two acres of land.
They own hundreds of acres of farmland.
—sometimes used figurativelya cheap stunt that got them acres of free publicity [=a great amount of free publicity]
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“Acre.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/acre. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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