Definitions
1.nounAn English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.
2.nounAny of various similar units of area in other systems.
3.noun(usually in the plural) A wide expanse."I like my new house - there’s acres of space!"
4.noun(usually in the plural) A large quantity.
5.nounA field.
6.nounThe acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).
7.nounA duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.