plateau

Speech parts

1. plateau - Noun

2. plateau - Verb

3. Plateau - Proper noun

Meaning

A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.

An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tableland highland upland mesa appalachian moor champaign heath butte prairie basin terrace meadow pampas llano
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Antonyms

mount sierra ben barrow brae butte
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Hypernyms

highland upland

Hyponyms

terrace mesa table bench

Phrases with the word

Talbot-Plateau law appalachian plateau allegheny plateau high plateau armenian plateau persian plateau

Derivatives

plateaux Plateaus

Examples

Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. Irving Fisher

The holiday humour that ought to have prevailed in the tent that evening - our first on the plateau - did not make its appearance; there was depression and sadness in the air - we had grown so fond of our dogs. Roald Amundsen

Jesus Pietro was worried. The Sons of Earth, if they got this far, would go straight to the vivarium to free their compatriots. But if Matthew Keller was his own agent... If the ghost of Alpha Plateau was not a rebel, but a thing with its own unpredictable purpose... Jesus Pietro worried. Larry Niven

You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality. Sarah Vowell

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again. W. Clement Stone

Fear is that thing that keeps you up there on that other plateau. Fear is that thing that just keeps you closed down, and quite frankly, alone. Andrew Shue

Close letter words and terms

plateable Platearian plateasm plateau basalt plateau effect plateau pika