Definitions for hectares

hectares hec·tare

Spelling: [hek-tair]
IPA: /ˈhɛk tɛər/

Hectares is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 454 anagrams from letters in hectares (aceehrst).

Definitions for hectares

noun

  1. a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.

Origin of hectares

From French, dating back to 1800-10; See origin at hect-, are2

Examples for hectares

The plant is of good size and averages 1.580 kilos to the hectare.

The remainder is held by private individuals, who pay a rental of from four to six hundred francs the hectare.

In the north, next to the frontier, land may be purchased at the rate of $3 to $10 an hectare.

The expense of cultivating a hectare of beets, according to Dombasle, is 354 francs.

When the province was organized, they were not cultivating a hectare of land amongst them.

Formerly a hectare of this precious vineyard was worth 30,000 francs.

The hectare of agricultural land may be hired at a yearly price of $1.20.

The former distance will allow for 123 and the latter 111 trees to the hectare.

In a short time it reached an extent of several thousand hectares (a hectare is two and one-half acres).

The ordinary unit of land area is the hectare (about 2-1/2 acres).

Word Value for hectares
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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