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timberlines

timberlines is the plural 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

Questions about timberlines

What is timberlines the plural of?
Timberlines is the plural of timberline.

Words near timberlines in the dictionary

  1. timberlike
  2. timberline
  3. timberline sagebrush
  4. timberline sparrow
  5. timberline sparrows
  6. timberlines
  7. timberling
  8. timberlings
  9. timberman
  10. timbermen
  11. timbermonger

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