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TREE LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree line mean? 

TREE LINE (noun)
  The noun TREE LINE has 1 sense:

1. line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudesplay

  Familiarity information: TREE LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TREE LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

timber line; timberline; tree line

Hypernyms ("tree line" is a kind of...):

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)


 Context examples 


Snowshoe hares have now made their way north to Alaska's shrubby environment beyond the state's forest tree line.

(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)



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