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# treeless

«treeless» in Mova's school dictionary: **with no trees, or almost no trees** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (treeless)

### meaning for a pupil

Treeless means with no trees, or almost no trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons it describes landscapes like the Arctic tundra, deserts, grasslands, high mountains and some windswept islands; trees cannot grow because of cold, little rain, strong wind or people cutting them down. Phrases: «a treeless plain», «treeless tundra», «bleak and treeless».

### examples

- The tundra is a cold, treeless land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/#x1)
- Above the tree line, the mountain is treeless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/#x2)
- The Nullarbor Plain in Australia is flat and treeless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/#x3)
- Sheep grazed on the treeless hills of the island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/#x4)
- After the trees were cut down, the hillside was left treeless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/#x5)
- It was hard to find shade on the treeless plain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/#x6)
- The road led across a treeless plain where the Sun beat down fiercely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/#x7)

### note

Adjective. «-less» means without, so treeless = without trees. Like «homeless», «endless», «careless».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «treeless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.