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. An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
noun An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
noun Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
noun A wide expanse.
I like my new house—there’s acres of space!
noun A large quantity.
noun A field.
noun The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yd (≈20 m) by 220 yd (≈200 m).
noun A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.