timber
noun
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
timberless
-
a word derived from
timber.
Example Sentences
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In due course he called forth “a grand army of husbandmen … to battle against the timberless prairies,” and on April 10, 1872, established the first Arbor Day.
From Slate ● May 25, 2020
All the ranges visible are entirely timberless, and are all more or less rounded and corrugated, some having conical summits, and some looking like enormous eggs standing up on end; this for the first view.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Ernest Giles
To her right towered timberless mountains, unpeopled, unexplored, forbidding, and desolate—their hollows inlaid with snow.
From The Spoilers by Rex Ellingwood Beach
The state contains vast tracts of waterless and timberless regions, forming arid and monotonous plains, and in some cases appalling deserts, but is nevertheless rich elsewhere in agricultural, forest, and grazing resources.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
Of the possessions of the House of Wotton Wade, this old manor, timberless and bare, was all that remained, and its master rarely visited it.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
