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ACREAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acreage mean?
• ACREAGE (noun)
The noun ACREAGE has 1 sense:
1. an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
Familiarity information: ACREAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
acreage; land area
Context example:
he wanted some acreage to build on
Hypernyms ("acreage" is a kind of...):
area; expanse; surface area (the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary)
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