acre of grassland
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacreandgrassland
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acre
noun[C]
uk/ˈeɪ.kər/us/ˈeɪ.kɚ/
a unit for measuring area, equal to 4,047 square metres or 4,840 ...
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grassland
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɡrɑːs.lænd/us/ˈɡræs.lænd/
a large area of land covered ...
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(Definition ofacreandgrasslandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The site of his new land, which consists of anacreofgrasslandand orchard, is near the end of the village.
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The airfield proper—consisting of about 200 acres of grassland—is being offered back to its former owners.
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We survived, largely through the food programme which converted 3,250,000 acres of grassland into arable land.
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A proportion of the 1,400,000 acres of grassland over four years old, excluding rough and hill grazing, was also arable land.
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Less than one-quarter of the 18 million acres of grassland today receive nitrogenous fertilisers, which shows there is a very large margin to work on.
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About 40 acres of grassland were occupied by somewhere between 8,000 and 10,000 hippies for a total period of 15 days.
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Today we have 1465 million acres of grassland as against 17·7 million in pre-war years, and then there is an extra 5·5 million acres of rough grazing.
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That means that out of the total of 340,000 acres, some 87,000 acres of grassland have been used for farming purposes, and some 25,000 as arable land.
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It is approximately 0.33 acres of grassland surrounded by privacy fencing with razor wire.
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In 2000, the park's natural gas well was set on fire and contributed to a blaze that scorched 1-2 acres of grassland.
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