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timberland

timberland

2 5.1
Land covered with trees used to make wood
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪmbərˌlænd/
translation icon : bosque
  • During our hike, we came across vast stretches of timberland filled with towering trees.
  • acres of timberland
  • private timberland
  • timberland owner

Examples

  • The price someone pays for timberland is not the only determinant of how much has to be cut.

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  • I think there may still be some steep and dry cut-over timberland in that area that would be great for sheep or goats, but not for prime agricultural land by any stretch of the imagination.

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  • His answer: they once owned and operated timberland in....

    Blog text (12)
  • It is located approximately 20 miles west of Seattle on what was formerly timberland.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The rising heat has touched off raging forest fires... in the Ural Mountains of Russia... the Black Forest of Germany, and the rich French timberlands.

  • The large land needed for sprawling Levittowns, strip malls, freeways, and parking lots sits on what used to be productive farm and timberland.

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  • Puerto Rico traditionally has not been a large consumer of mulch products since there are no large-scale wood processing plants or harvestable timberland.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The legislation would split the O&C lands in half, one half to be heavily managed as commercial timberland with the relaxation of many federal regulations on clearcutting, etc., the other half to be maintained as conservation lands.

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  • Daniel's idea of the timberland's value, determined by averaging three different methods, was a low of $575 million and a high of $676 million, with an average of $622 million.

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  • Some 15,000 Hispanic migrants, working on temporary visas, replant timberland for reforestation companies in Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, and elsewhere in the South.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

forest
vstimberland
970 1.0

A large area of land covered mostly with trees and bushes

is specifically valued for its suitability for lumber production rather than mere tree cover
wood
vstimberland
835 1.0

An area with many trees where people can walk

is focused on suitability for production rather than just describing size or type
woods
vstimberland
150 1.0

An area of land covered with many trees and low plants

is more often valued for production than the casual term for smaller tree areas
timber
vstimberland
41 3.7

Land covered with trees that can be used for wood

is the same meaning but used as the other common label for this land
woodland
vstimberland
27 2.6

Land with many trees and bushes, not a deep forest

is less often suited for commercial harvesting due to smaller trees and undergrowth
tree farm
vstimberland
4 3.0

An area where people grow trees to sell for wood or as Christmas trees

is natural or managed tree-covered land suitable for harvesting, not only plantations
woodlot
vstimberland
  • US
2 3.8

A small area of land with trees often used to grow wood or shelter animals

is larger and more generally suitable for commercial harvesting than small plots
forestland
vstimberland
1 2.8

Land that has many trees or is kept to grow trees

is tree-covered land often kept for producing lumber rather than other uses

Antonyms

41 2.7

A place with many people and buildings like a city

5 7.4

An area of land where little grows and people do not live

How Wooded

rainforest
103 2.3
forest
970 1.0
timberland
2 5.1
woodland
27 2.6
plain
98 1.0

Surface Forms

timberland singular
timberlands plural

Morphology

timberland = timber + land (transparent) = timber + land

The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'timber' and 'land' (land used for or covered with trees suitable for timber), which is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Timberland comes from the two simple parts timber ('wood used for building') and land ('an area of ground'). So, timberland literally means land full of trees that people can use for wood.