The difference between Acre and Collop
When used as nouns, acre means an english unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters, whereas collop means a slice of meat.
check bellow for the other definitions of Acre and Collop
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Acre as a noun:
An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.
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Acre as a noun:
Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
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Acre as a noun (informal, usually plural):
A wide expanse.
Examples:
"I like my new house - there’s acres of space!"
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Acre as a noun (informal, usually plural):
A large quantity.
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Acre as a noun (obsolete):
A field.
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Acre as a noun (obsolete):
The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).
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Acre as a noun (obsolete):
A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.
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Collop as a noun (Northern English dialect):
A slice of meat.
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Collop as a noun (obsolete):
A slice of bacon, a rasher.
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Collop as a noun:
A roll or fold of flesh on the body.
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Collop as a noun:
A small piece, portion, or slice of something.