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timber line

timber line is the alternative spelling of timberline.

Meaning of timberline

Noun

timberline (plural timberlines)

  1. The height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions.
    • Most flocks in the Sierra and the Rocky Mountains live above the timber-line and at an altitude of twelve thousand feet.1915 April, Enos A. Mills, “Wild Mountain Sheep”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 37
    Synonyms:
    tree line

Forms of timber line

pluraltimber lines

Questions about timber line

What is timber line the alternative spelling of?
Timber line is the alternative spelling of timberline.

Words near timber line in the dictionary

  1. timber fly
  2. timber framing
  3. timber hitch
  4. timber hitches
  5. Timber Lake
  6. timber line
  7. timber lines
  8. timber merchant
  9. timber merchants
  10. timber nigger
  11. timber niggers

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