tree or timber line

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• timber line — noun line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes • Syn: ↑timberline, ↑tree line • Hypernyms: ↑line * * * timber line noun The upper limit of timber trees on the mountains, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• timber line — /ˈtɪmbə laɪn/ (say timbuh luyn) noun 1. the altitude above sea level at which timber ceases to grow. 2. the latitudinal limit of tree growth …  

• tree line — noun line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes • Syn: ↑timber line, ↑timberline • Hypernyms: ↑line * * * noun : timberline * * * timberline. * * * tree line …   Useful english dictionary

• tree — A woody plant with a stem or trunk from which branches spring. 34 Am J1st Logs § 2. A part and parcel of the land in which rooted. 42 Am J1st Prop § 19. An interest in real estate, except as to a tree growing in a nursery and raised to be sold… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• tree line — /ˈtri laɪn/ (say tree luyn) noun → timber line …  

• Timber framing — (German: Fachwerk literally framework ), or half timbering, and in North America Post and Beam construction is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden… …   Wikipedia

• tree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plant, sapling, scrub, shrub, bush; timber; whiffletree; stake; gibbet, gallows; family tree, pedigree, lineage. See vegetable, ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. Common types of trees include: ash, elm,… …   English dictionary for students

• tim|ber-line — timber line, or tim|ber|line1 «TIHM buhr LYN», noun. the line on mountains and in polar regions beyond which trees will not grow because of the cold; tree line. tim|ber line or tim|ber|line2 «TIHM buhr LYN», adjective. of or having to do with the …   Useful english dictionary

• tim|ber|line — timber line, or tim|ber|line1 «TIHM buhr LYN», noun. the line on mountains and in polar regions beyond which trees will not grow because of the cold; tree line. tim|ber line or tim|ber|line2 «TIHM buhr LYN», adjective. of or having to do with the …   Useful english dictionary

• tree — n 1. plant, shrub, stock, pollard, Fr. arbre, Ger. Baum; seedling, sapling; evergreen, conifer; fruit tree, timber tree, hardwood tree, softwood tree. 2. gallows, gibbet, drop, cross, hanging tree, gallows tree. 3. family tree, line of descent,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• White line — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English