Definition of acre

"acre" in the noun sense

1. acre

a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries

2. Acre

a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru

3. Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho

a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean

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Quotations for acre

Half an acre is good land. [ Proverb ]

Reputation is commonly measured by the acre. [ Proverb ]

I like that ancient Saxon phrase which calls
The burial ground, God's Acre! It is just;
It consecrates each grave within its walls.
And breathes a benison over the sleeping dust.
* * * * *
Into its furrows shall we all be cast.
In the sure faith, that we shall rise again
At the great harvest, when the archangel's blast
Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff and grain. [ Longfellow ]

That gentleman who sells an acre of land, sells an ounce of credit. [ Lord Burleigh ]

This is the field and acre of our God; this is the place where human harvests grow. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Earth has scarcely an acre that does not remind us of actions that have long preceded our own, and its clustering tombstones loom up like reefs of the eternal shore, to show us where so many human barks have struck and gone down. [ Chapin ]

acre in Scrabble®

The word acre is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters acre:

CARE
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word acre

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acre in Words With Friends™

The word acre is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters acre:

CARE
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Words containing the sequence acre

Words that start with acre (4 words)

Words that end with acre (3 words)

Word Growth involving acre

Shorter words in acre

re

Longer words containing acre

acreage acreages

acres massacres

acres wiseacres

macrencephalic macrencephalics

macrencephalies

macrencephalous

macrencephaly

massacre massacred

massacre massacrer massacrers

massacre massacres

sacred massacred

sacred nonsacred

sacred sacredly

sacred sacredness

wiseacre wiseacres