hectare
nounUK /ˈhɛktɛː/
US /ˈhɛktɛr/
A hectare is a big area of land, about the size of a sports field.
The farmer planted corn across ten hectares of land.
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2. A metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, used especially for measuring land.
The park covers about fifty hectares.
3. A standard measure used in forestry and agriculture to describe the size of fields or forests.
They manage over two hundred hectares of forest.
4. A unit in the International System of Units accepted for use with SI, symbol ha.
The property is listed as 3 ha in the survey.