Collocations withacre
These are words often used in combination withacre.
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acre of corn
They do not have an acre of corn or sugar beet.
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acre of farmland
I am not at all sure that it would extend to one acre of farmland.
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acre of grassland
The airfield proper—consisting of about 200 acres of grassland—is being offered back to its former owners.
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acre of land
Almost every acre of land has been utilized, rationally planned and arranged or frozen into a nature reserve.
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acre of meadow
Is it not a fact, that if a man with an acre of meadow has not a weighbridge he would have to travel 64 miles to weigh his meadow?
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acre of woodland
I have tried to work out the cost of erecting rabbit wire round one single acre of woodland.
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acres of grass
In that case no less than two acres of grass was taken.
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acres of pasture
These have been levelled and contoured to provide 100 acres of pasture land and 40 acres of woodland.
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additional acre
However, every additional acre planted will eventually result in something like three tons of extra timber being produced each year.
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