Crossword clues for plateaux
plateaux
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plateau \Pla*teau"\, n.; pl. F. Plateaux (F. ?; E. ?), E. Plateaus. [F., fr. OF. platel, properly a little plate. See Plate.]
A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.
An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
Wiktionary
n. (en-irregular plural of plateau#English plateau)
WordNet
See plateau
Wikipedia
- Plateaux Department (Republic of the Congo)
- Plateaux Department (Gabon)
- Plateaux Region, Togo
- Plateaux District, D.R. of the Congo
Usage examples of "plateaux".
The city was enfolded in one of the famous “silt mists,” a thin curtain of cold dry air which descended on the city from the plateaux ranged behind it.
Standing at the base of the crater wall, and shielding his eyes from the glare of the Gate, he scanned carefully along the silhouette of the star-limned range of towering peaks and high plateaux until he spied a deep cleft, a little to the east of his location.
In places the going was flat, or very nearly so: scree-filled basins, domed plateaux, rocky re-entries and pine-clad saddles.
For there was such a zest in him that- -Except here Radu's thoughts were arrested by an echoing, ululant, faint but concerted howling from the high plateaux and passes, as his grey brothers in the heights began to serenade a full and glorious moon where she tumbled through the darkening skies.