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untimbered

untimbered

8.2
An area that has no trees
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈtɪmbərd/
translation icon : desforestado
  • The vast untimbered plains stretched for miles in every direction.

Examples

  • We camped in an untimbered valley, far from the dense forests.

  • The region's untimbered landscape made it ideal for large-scale farming.

  • The untimbered land stretched for miles.

  • Why is this area so untimbered?

  • The vast untimbered plains stretched for miles in every direction.

  • We camped in an untimbered valley, far from the dense forests.

  • The region's untimbered landscape made it ideal for large-scale farming.

Synonyms

treeless
vsuntimbered
4 2.7

An area with no trees

is the same sense but expressed using a different word form
unforested
vsuntimbered
5.6

An area that does not have trees

is the same idea expressed with a different word form
unwooded
vsuntimbered
4.3

Land with few or no trees

is the same idea but presented in another word form
nonforested
vsuntimbered
5.0

Land that does not have trees

is the same meaning rendered as an alternative form

Antonyms

32 2.4

An area with many trees growing on it

1 2.3

An area covered with many trees

How Wooded

forested
1 2.3
wooded
32 2.4
untimbered
8.2

Surface Forms

untimbered positive

Morphology

untimbered = timbered (transparent) = un + timber + ed

The land sense is the negation of 'timbered' (covered with trees), so the meaning 'without trees' is directly derived by productive negation.

Etymology

Untimbered comes from un- ('not') and timber ('trees' or 'wood'), so it simply means 'no trees'. That's why an untimbered plain or valley is open land without forest.