ACRE-FOOT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: acre-feet   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot; 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic meters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("acre-foot" is a kind of...):

capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)

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