Dictionary

acker en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈa.kə/ (UK)

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps a variant of eagre.

Meanings

1. (archaic, dialectal) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
   • The wide lovely lake lay in dreamy serenity, fretted with green undulations, ruffed with blue, patched with glades of lucid smoothness between the ackers [...]. 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 436:

Forms

acker en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈa.kə/ (UK)

Etymology

Variant forms.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of acre.
   alt of acre

Forms

Relateds

ackers