PLATEAUS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word plateaus. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for PLATEAUS
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| highlands | nounn | |||||
noun • a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse) | ||||||
| tundra | nounn | |||||
noun • a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen | ||||||
| flatlands | nounn | |||||
noun • A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. • A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals. • A place where competitive matches are carried out. • Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors. • An urban region with many flats or apartments to rent. • A terrain that varies little in elevation. • A lamentation. • An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands. • A level or flat surface. • A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). • A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane) • A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc. • (Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points. • An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions. • A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface. • An airplane; an aeroplane. • Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes. • The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia. • A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus. • (Northern UK) A sycamore. | ||||||
| mesas | nounn | |||||
noun • a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix • flat tableland with steep edges | ||||||
| steppes | nounn | |||||
noun • extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) | ||||||
| tablelands | nounn | |||||
noun • a relatively flat highland | ||||||
| terraces | nounn | |||||
noun • usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence • a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) • a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face) verb • provide (a house) with a terrace • make into terraces as for cultivation | ||||||
| uplands | nounn | |||||
adjective • used of high or hilly country noun • elevated (e.g., mountainous) land | ||||||
| tableland | nounn | |||||
noun • a relatively flat highland | ||||||