Acre-foot Definition

ākər-fo͝ot
noun
The volume of water, 43,560 cubic feet, that will cover an area of one acre to a depth of one foot.
American Heritage
The quantity of irrigation water (43,560 cubic feet or c. 325,851 U.S. gallons) that would cover one acre to a depth of one foot.
Webster's New World

A unit of volume equal to an acre times a foot, about 1233.5 kiloliters, or 66 feet by 660 feet by 1 foot.

Wiktionary

(US, engineering, agriculture) 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, 1,233 cubic meters.

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Noun

Singular:
acre-foot
Plural:
acre-feet

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