timber line Meaning of "timber line"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes

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  1. Pedaling furiously as the road twisted above the timber line, Bobet broke away from the pack.
  2. This struggle made the biggest battlefront in World War IIeverywhere over the earth between sea level and timber line, wherever things grow and men eat.
  3. Up above California's timber line there is just enough brush to shade the water and yet not enough to tangle a backcast.
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