acre oor Afrikaans

acre

/ˈeɪ.kə/, /ˈeɪ.kɚ/ naamwoord

(obsolete) A field.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

acre

veld

naamwoord

A limited area of land with grass or crops growing on it, which is usually surrounded by fences or closely planted bushes when it is part of a farm.

Akker

unit of area

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one abath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
10 Ja, tien akker wingerd sal een abat oplewer, en die saad van ‘n homer sal ‘n efa oplewer.

Acre

eienaam, naamwoord

Old name of a city in modern Israel famed from the Crusades: see Acco.

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Acre

Akko

Acre, Israel

Soortgelyke frases

God's acre
begraafplaas · begraafplek

voorbeelde

Can you imagine the utter amazement and joy of these old-timers as they toured the beautiful facilities located in this gardenlike, 17-acre [6.9 ha] setting?
Kan jy jou die volslae verbasing en vreugde van hierdie oues van dae voorstel terwyl hulle die pragtige fasiliteite besigtig het wat in dié parkagtige omgewing van 6,9 hektaar geleë is?

The Maidan—a sprawling 1,280-acre open space—is known as Calcutta’s lungs and as the largest village square in all India.
Die Maidan—’n uitgestrekte oop stuk grond van 520 hektaar—staan bekend as Kalkutta se longe en is die grootste dorpsplein in die hele Indië.

Even though they had 2,736,000 acres for between 400 and 600 people, this mainly arid territory did not allow them enough space to get food by hunting and gathering.
Hoewel hulle 1108 000 hektaar grond vir tussen 400 en 600 mense gehad het, het hierdie gebied, wat grotendeels dor was, hulle nie genoeg ruimte gegee om vir voedsel te jag of om dit in te samel nie.

At last a fine farm of 87 hectares [216 acres] was found at Roodekrans, which is some 60 kilometers from Elandsfontein.
Uiteindelik is ’n geskikte plaas van 87 hektaar te Roodekrans gevind, wat ongeveer 60 kilometer van Elandsfontein af is.

A sandstorm in 1998 damaged over 82,000 acres [33,000 ha] of grain crops and killed 110,000 domestic animals.
In 1998 het ’n sandstorm graangewasse op meer as 33 000 hektaar beskadig en 110 000 huisdiere doodgemaak.

The 253-acre [102 ha] property is located about 50 miles [80 km] northwest of the existing facilities, which have been in Brooklyn, New York, since 1909.
Die eiendom wat 102 hektaar beslaan, is ongeveer 80 kilometer noordwes van die bestaande fasiliteite, wat al sedert 1909 in Brooklyn, New York, geleë is.

Even the tyrant Nero wanted his Eden, so he ruthlessly evicted hundreds of families, demolished their homes, and created a private park of over 125 acres [50 ha] around his palace.
Selfs die tiran Nero wou sy Eden hê; hy het dus honderde gesinne meedoënloos uitgesit, hulle huise gesloop en ’n privaat park van meer as 50 hektaar om sy paleis aangelê.

The brand-new hall stands on an eight-acre (3 ha) site in Cassidy, British Columbia.
Die splinternuwe saal staan op ’n perseel van drie hektaar in Cassidy, Brits-Columbië.

It is situated in a 20- acre [8 ha] quarry that has been redesigned to serve as a crocodile farm, botanical garden, marine aquarium, and entertainment complex.
Dit is geleë in ’n steengroef van agt hektaar wat herontwerp is om as ’n krokodilplaas, botaniese tuin, seeakwarium en vermaaklikheidskompleks te dien.

Our two guides told us that Nan Madol covers about 200 acres.
Ons twee gidse het vir ons vertel dat Nan Madol ongeveer 80 hektaar beslaan.

Millions of acres remain fenced off, knee-deep in weaponry and surrounded by posters that warn: ‘Don’t Touch.
Miljoene [hektaar] is nog afgekamp, besaai met wapentuig en omring deur kennisgewingborde wat waarsku: ‘Bly weg.

The habitat of this critically endangered snail is only 20 acres [7 ha] in the suburbs of Ajaccio, on the southwest coast of Corsica.
Die habitat van hierdie uiters bedreigde slak, in die voorstede van Ajaccio, aan die suidwestelike kus van Korsika, is slegs sewe hektaar groot.

The prison sprawled over about a thousand acres (400 ha) of land.
Die gevangenis het uitgesprei gelê op sowat vierhonderd hektaar grond.

Only 20 dead animals—10 stags, 5 roe deer, and 5 boars—were found in an area of 25,000 acres [10,000 ha] in the devastated forests of eastern France.
Slegs 20 dooie diere—10 takbokke, 5 reebokke en 5 wildevarke—is gevind in ’n gebied van 10 000 hektaar verwoeste woude in oostelike Frankryk.

We are now deep in the Paphos Forest with its 150,000 acres [60,000 ha] of pines and cedars.
Ons is nou diep in die Pafos-woud met sy 60 000 hektaar denne- en sederbome.

The article quoted an anthropologist at Harvard University as calling these fossils a “pool of light in acres of darkness.”
Die artikel het ’n antropoloog aan die Harvard-Universiteit aangehaal wat hierdie fossiele ’n “poel van lig in hektare van duisternis” genoem het.

If spiders are allowed to remain in a strawberry field, for example, there could be a yield of up to 2.4 tons more per acre [6 tons per ha] than in fields where the spiders have been killed.
As spinnekoppe byvoorbeeld in ’n aarbeilandery toegelaat word, kan daar ’n opbrengs van tot 6 ton meer per hektaar wees as op landerye waar die spinnekoppe uitgeroei is.

Eight structures now stand within the Society’s 4.6-acre (1.9-ha) compound, which is landscaped with banana, mango, fig, and papaya trees, along with many flowering plants and shrubs.
Daar staan nou agt geboue op die Genootskap se perseel van 1,9 hektaar. ’n Tuin is aangelê met piesang-, mango-, vye- en papajabome, asook talle blomplante en struike.

Since the classifying of such diversity is an exhausting and painstaking task, few rain-forest plots larger than a few acres [one hectare] have ever been analyzed.
Aangesien die klassifikasie van so ’n verskeidenheid ’n uitputtende en presiese taak is, is net ’n paar gebiede groter as een hektaar al ooit in reënwoude ontleed.

However, experience has shown that the forest must be dense and contain several hundred trees for every 2.5 acres [1 ha], as well as older and younger trees of different species.
Ondervinding het egter geleer dat dit ’n digte bos moet wees, wat uit etlike honderde bome per hektaar bestaan, sowel as ouer en jonger bome van verskillende spesies.

Ice caps will melt and seas will rise, flooding the productive, populated areas but transforming millions of acres of farmland into deserts.
Yskappe sal smelt en oseane sal styg sodat die vrugbare, bewoonde gebiede oorstroom sal word maar miljoene hektare plaasgrond in woestyne omskep sal word.

So a new factory and a Bethel home were built on an acre (0.4 ha) of land in Numazu City, 75 miles (120 km) southwest of Tokyo.
Gevolglik is ’n nuwe drukkery en ’n Bethelhuis op 0,4 hektaar grond in die stad Noemazoe, 120 kilometer suidwes van Tokio, gebou.

To offer Canadian stargazers views of the night sky that are unobstructed and nearly free of light pollution, a 4,900-acre [1,990-ha] tract of Crown land in the Muskoka Lakes district north of Toronto has been designated as a “dark-sky preserve.”
Om Kanadese sterrekykers ’n onbelemmerde uitsig op die naghemel te gee wat byna vry van ligbesoedeling is, is ’n stuk staatsgrond van 1 990 hektaar in die Muskoka Mere-gebied, noord van Toronto, vir ’n “donkerhemelgebied” beskikbaar gestel.

Biologists sampling the top few inches of the bottoms of wetlands, ponds, and lakes have found in some areas more than 100,000 lead pellets per acre [250,000 lead pellets per ha]!
Bioloë wat monsters uit die boonste paar sentimeter van moerasgebiede, damme en mere se bodems geneem het, het in sekere gebiede meer as 250 000 loodkorrels per hektaar gevind!

During the same period, millions of acres have become wasteland as a result of poorly constructed and maintained irrigation systems.
Gedurende dieselfde tydperk het miljoene hektaar ’n woesteny geword as gevolg van besproeiingskemas wat nie behoorlik gebou of in stand gehou is nie.