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Timber line   /tˈɪmbər laɪn/   Listen
Timber line

noun
1.
Line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes.  Synonyms: timberline, tree line.





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"Timber line" Quotes from Famous Books



... frame, filled in with gauze and held by a spring, slammed noisily when one went in or out. For all that, the hotel was full of dust and flies, and mosquitoes hummed about the hot rooms at night. The snow had melted below the timber line and a long trail of smoke floated across the somber forest. A fire was working through the trees and a smell of burning came down ...
— Partners of the Out-Trail • Harold Bindloss


Words linked to "Timber line" :   line


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