plateau
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- noun
- /plæˈtoʊ/
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- The highland plateau provided breathtaking views for hikers eager to explore the region.
- foot of the plateau
- an arid plateau
- a semi-arid plateau
They want a nice long plateau before it sort of just tapers away.
- They want a nice long plateau before it sort of just tapers away.
- So that gives us a timestamp for when the Giza Plateau monuments were planned, right?
- Well, each time you climb, there's a plateau.
- Now other benefits of the Giza Plateau.
- And then so I reach it, I don't think the summit, but the summit plateau.
- It's written in a lot of the ancient walls throughout throughout the Giza Plateau and it talks about this time of the first time.
Examples
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Even in the absence of human disturbance, the loess plateau would continue to erode naturally.
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To the north, the Tibetan plateau stretched for hundreds of miles.
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So now we turn to ice sheets, which is generally defined as a large plateau of ice.
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One such case involved a small village on the Manden Plateau where seasonal streams are numerous.
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Before the dawn of civilization, the vegetation growing on the plateau protected it against rapid erosion.
Academic text (1992) -
Here on the plateau of Giza stands for ever the mightiest of human achievements.
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The picturesque heart of Scotland, with its castle on a fairytale plateau above the Firth of Forth.
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Not until 1924 did any European make the trek to the plateau and collect herbarium specimens.
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Farmers cultivate crops on the fertile plateau that rises above the surrounding valleys.
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The Colorado plateau is famous for its stunning red rock formations and canyons.
Synonyms
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A flat, high area of land with steep sides
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A flat area of land with steep sides found in dry places
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A large flat area of land that is higher than nearby land
Compounds
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A high, flat area in the southwestern United States with deep canyons and red rock formations
A high flat area in the southwestern Appalachian Mountains that stretches through Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia
A large high area of land in eastern and northern Canada from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean
A high area of low mountains and hills in northwest Arkansas, southeast Missouri, and northeast Oklahoma
A small thin lizard with long stripes that lives on the Colorado Plateau in Arizona and western Colorado
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Etymology
Plateau comes from French roots like plat meaning 'flat'; imagine a large 'plate' of land sitting high above the ground. So a plateau is a big, flat area that is higher than the land around it.