acres

1. 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”

   Synonymsestatelandlanded estatedemesne

   Broaderreal property

   NarrowerfreeholdglebeleaseholdsmallholdinghomesteadfiefbaronycountryseatCrown landmanor

Other forms of acres

plural

acreses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about acres

What does acres mean?

acres means "extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use".

How many syllables are in acres?

acres has 2 syllables: a-cres. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈeɪkɚz/.

What is another word for acres?

Close synonyms include estate, land, landed estate, demesne. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acres a common word?

acres is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.