Definition of tablelandnext
as in plateau
a broad flat area of elevated land to the east of the valley lies a vast, fertile tableland

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Recent Examples of tableland Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name. — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026 Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands. — John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center. — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025 It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023 Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations. — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021 Their concerns center on Black Mesa, a tableland that rises north of the Hopi villages and that lies partly in the Navajo Reservation and partly in the Hopi Reservation. — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2020 Alexandra and Yongden decided to walk knee-deep into the tableland ahead of them. — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019 Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas. — Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
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Noun
  • But Chatfield eventually hit a spiritual plateau that organized religion couldn’t fill.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Cashiers, North Carolina Located in western North Carolina’s Jackson County, high on a plateau in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Cashiers is a quiet village of fewer than 1,000 residents.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Klamath mountains, the northern Coast Range, the Shasta highlands, have little light pollution.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The show is filmed on a sprawling, 19th-century estate and inside a castle in the Scottish highlands.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Los Alamos, not far from Santa Fe, sits at the foot of Pajarito Mountain in a land of canyons and mesas.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Beginning in the late 1960s, artists abandoned galleries in favour of deserts, salt flats, mesas, and remote terrain, using these surroundings as both setting and material.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026

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“Tableland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tableland. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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