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词汇 timberline
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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. 1.1 (in high northern (or southern) latitudes) the line north (or south) of which no trees grow.
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