acres meaning

Definition of acres

1. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
   • the family owned a large estate on Long Island

   Synonyms: estate, land, landed estate, demesne

   Type of: real property

   Kinds: freehold, glebe, leasehold, smallholding, homestead, fief, barony, countryseat, Crown land, manor, seigneury, hacienda

acres in a sentence

• We own a few hundred acres between the three of us.
• I have purchased eight acres of land for my retirement.
• That pasture is ten acres.
• Tobias's property was five acres and very private.
• I own 30 acres of land about 3 miles out of town.

How to pronounce acres

acres is pronounced /ˈeɪkəz/ in British English and /ˈeɪkɚz/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with acres

• breakers