tableland

Definitions

table + land = land that is flat and raised like a tabletop — a plateau. Preserves the root's literal 'flat surface' sense.

Common Collocations

• 1.vast tableland广阔的高原
• 2.rocky tableland岩石高原
• 3.elevated tableland高耸的台地

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The road climbs to a windswept tableland above the valley.

• 2.

  Few crops grow on the dry, rocky tableland.