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acre-foot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
acre--foot
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of measure, used for volumes of water, equal to one acre times one foot (that is, to the amount of water required to cover one acre of land to a depth of one foot), which is 43,560 cubic feet, 325,851 gallons, or about 1,233 cubic meters.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

acre-feet (plural) acre foot (alternative)

Questions

What does acre-foot mean?
A unit of measure, used for volumes of water, equal to one acre times one foot (that is, to the amount of water required to cover one acre of land to a depth of one foot), which is 43,560 cubic feet, 325,851 gallons, or about 1,233 cubic meters.

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