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How to pronounce plateau in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tableland
Type of highland, upland
Has types mesa, bench, table, terrace

Examples of plateau

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Labour may have had some success in shifting the argument on to a wider plateau.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Will the FTSE 100 continue to rise, will it hit a plateau or will we see a fall?
From the thisismoney.co.uk
They had what they called their breakthrough year, and it was kind of a plateau.
From the tennessean.com
It can be severe and then plateau over an hour or so as the gallbladder relaxes.
From the us.cnn.com
We've looked at a couple of reasons why your weight loss may have hit a plateau.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
The sense from some that Rooney has reached a plateau is not shared by Charlton.
From the guardian.co.uk
To clear my head, I leave camp to try to find a way up to the plateau behind it.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people.
From the en.wikipedia.org
These and later flows covered increasingly large areas and built a lava plateau.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Tableland: a relatively flat highland
  • In geology and earth science, a plateau, also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau. A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity.
  • PlatEAU is an electronic music project featuring cEvin Key and Phil Western. The project resembles a very loose approach to the Download project featuring the same members. ...
  • Plateau is a two-player abstract strategy board game invented by Jim Albea.
  • A plateau of a function is a part of its domain where the function has constant value.
  • Plateau is a song written by alternative rock band the Meat Puppets, which first appeared on their 1984 album Meat Puppets II.
  • Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (The Plateau) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland; A comparatively stable level in something that varies; Reach a stable level; level off
  • (plateaus) periods during which growth is greatly reduced