Meaning

1 senses
  1. A division in altitude (or latitude) above which trees tend not to grow on mountains.

    Baumgrenze, Waldgrenze

    граница древесной растительностиgranica drevesnoj rastitelʹnosti, граница лесаgranica lesa

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

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Tom walked down the tree-lined avenue.

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  2. I came walking out of the tree line.

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  3. Rail services are suspended because of fallen trees on the line.

    deDer Zugverkehr wurde wegen umgestürzter Bäume auf der Strecke unterbrochen.

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  4. Rail services have been suspended because of fallen trees on the line.

    deDer Bahnverkehr wurde wegen auf die Gleise gestürzter Bäume eingestellt.

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  5. Fyodor stood on the tree line.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: tree lines

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsnow line

See also

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