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View synonyms for tableland

tableland

[ tey-buhl-land ]

noun

  1. an elevated and generally level region of considerable extent; plateau.


tableland

/ ˈteɪbəlˌlænd /

noun

  1. flat elevated land; a plateau


tableland

/ bəl-lănd′ /

  1. A flat, elevated region, such as a plateau or mesa.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tableland1

First recorded in 1690–1700; table + -land

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Example Sentences

I think we had never seen anything so green since we came up on to the tableland of Tibet.

The Puna de Atacama is a great salt waste of rugged tableland, volcanic, grassless, and inhospitable.

Shortly before noon they scaled the last few yards to a great tableland among the peaks.

At times the naked man was a broad, flat monster upon that shimmering tableland.

The English line goes up the big green hill, in trenches and saps of reddish clay, to the plateau or tableland at the top.

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