tree line

1. 1.

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

   Synonymstimber linetimberline

   Broaderline

Questions about tree line

What does tree line mean?

tree line means "line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes".

What is another word for tree line?

Close synonyms include timber line, timberline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tree line a common word?

tree line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.