Definition of timberline in English:
timberline
nounˈtɪmbəlʌɪnˈtɪmbərˌlaɪn
North American another term for treeline
Example sentencesExamples
- Trees at the alpine timberline were expected to exhibit a hydraulic architecture protecting the leader shoot from winter embolism.
- Flowers were slightly more tubular at the timberline, where ants are more abundant.
- Benton guided the paint around the scrub pine which marked the beginning of the timberline, careful to stay on the thin trail now under two inches of fresh snow.
- He and I go right, then circle back toward her slowly, arduously, along the timberline.
- In winters with heavy snowfall, they will often move below the timberline.
Definition of timberline in US English:
timberline
nounˈtimbərˌlīnˈtɪmbərˌlaɪn
North American 1(on a mountain) the line or altitude above which no trees grow.
Also called tree line
- 1.1 (in high northern (or southern) latitudes) the line north (or south) of which no trees grow.