1. plateau - Noun
2. plateau - Verb
3. Plateau - Proper noun
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 dictionaryStock 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