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acre-foot

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a⋅cre-foot

[ey-ker-foot]
–noun
a unit of volume of water in irrigation: the amount covering one acre to a depth of one foot, equal to 43,560 cubic feet.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism
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a·cre-foot   (ā'kər-fŏŏt')
n.  The volume of water, 43,560 cubic feet, that will cover an area of one acre to a depth of one foot.
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