timberline

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English

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The line between the trees and snowy peak in this photo is the timber line.

Etymology

From timber +‎ line.

Pronunciation

Noun

timberline (plural timberlines)

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

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