ACREAGE

acreage, land area

(noun) an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); “he wanted some acreage to build on”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

acreage (countable and uncountable, plural acreages)

Size, as measured in acres.

An area of land measured in acres.

Source: Wiktionary


A"cre*age, n.

Definition: Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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