tree line

noun

Examples of tree line in a Sentence

The hikers had reached the tree line by noon.
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During a trip to Armenia last year, an intense thunderstorm broke out while the team was hiking above the tree line and leaders had to find a way to get hundreds of people off the mountain as fast as possible. Brit Morse, Fortune, 19 July 2025 On a hill to our right, a group of giraffes peeked up over the tree line. Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025 Video from the site appeared to show the jet disappear below the tree line, which was followed seconds later by a ball of fire and a thick plume of gray smoke. Megan Forrester, ABC News, 13 June 2025 At Trump’s West Palm Beach, Fla., golf course on Sept. 15, a Secret Service agent scoping out the area one or two holes ahead of him saw the muzzle of an AK-47-style weapon pointing out of the tree line on the perimeter of the course. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tree line

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tree line was in 1893

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“Tree line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20line. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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