Meanings
nountimber line (plural timber lines)
plural timber lines
- alternativeAlternative spelling of timberline.
The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes.
1957 August 28, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 574
Synonyms & antonyms
nounline marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
Similar
Broader
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