timberland
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈtɪmbərˌlænd/
:
bosque
- During our hike, we came across vast stretches of timberland filled with towering trees.
- acres of timberland
- private timberland
- timberland owner
Examples
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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....
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It is located approximately 20 miles west of Seattle on what was formerly timberland.
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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.
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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.
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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
970
1.0
A large area of land covered mostly with trees and bushes
835
1.0
An area with many trees where people can walk
150
1.0
An area of land covered with many trees and low plants
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3.7
Land covered with trees that can be used for wood
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2.6
Land with many trees and bushes, not a deep forest
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3.0
An area where people grow trees to sell for wood or as Christmas trees
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3.8
A small area of land with trees often used to grow wood or shelter animals
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2.8
Land that has many trees or is kept to grow trees
Antonyms
How Wooded
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.