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Noun: plateau (plateaux,plateaus)  pla'tow or 'pla,tow [N. Amer], pla-tow [Brit]
  1. A relatively flat highland
    - tableland
Verb: plateau (plateaued,plateauing)  pla'tow or 'pla,tow [N. Amer], pla-tow [Brit]
  1. Level out, reach a stable state of little change

Derived forms: plateaued, plateauing, plateaux, plateaus

Type of: highland, upland

Encyclopedia: Plateau, Ivory Coast

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