Mesanoun
Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges
‘A few more miles of hot sand and Little Colorado.’;
Plateaunoun
A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
Mesa
A high tableland; a plateau on a hill.
Plateaunoun
A comparatively stable level in something that varies.
Mesanoun
flat tableland with steep edges;
‘the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water’;
Plateaunoun
(dated) An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
Mesanoun
a city just east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix
Plateaunoun
A notable level of attainment or achievement.
Mesanoun
an isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes with horizontal strata.
Plateauverb
(intransitive) To reach a stable level; to level off.
Mesa
A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a more resistant layer or layers of harder rock, e.g.
Plateaunoun
A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.
Plateaunoun
An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
Plateaunoun
a relatively flat highland
Plateaunoun
an area of fairly level high ground.
Plateaunoun
denoting a group of North American peoples of the high plains of western Canada and the US, including the Nez Percé.
Plateaunoun
a state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress
‘the peace process had reached a plateau’;
Plateauverb
reach a state of little or no change after a period of activity or progress
‘the industry's problems have plateaued out’;
Plateau
In geology and physical geography, a plateau ( , , or ; French: [pla.to]; plural plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain, that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides have deep hills.