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timberline

US/ˈtɪmbɚˌlaɪn/

timberline noun: the height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions.

timberline: the height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions
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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

timberline meaning in Tamil

timberline in Tamil

மரக்கோடு

Synonyms of timberline

Forms of timberline

pluraltimberlines
alternative formtimber line

Origin of timberline

From timber + line.

Words formed from timberline

Phrases with timberline

Questions about timberline

What does timberline mean?
Timberline means the height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions.
What is timberline in Tamil?
Timberline in Tamil is மரக்கோடு. See Timberline meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is timberline?
Timberline is a noun.
How do you pronounce timberline?
Timberline is pronounced /ˈtɪmbɚˌlaɪn/ (US).
What is the plural of timberline?
The plural of timberline is timberlines.

Words near timberline in the dictionary

  1. Timberlakes
  2. timberland
  3. timberlands
  4. timberless
  5. timberlike
  6. timberline
  7. timberline sagebrush
  8. timberline sparrow
  9. timberline sparrows
  10. timberlines
  11. timberling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: timberline (page history and authors); timberline (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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