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tableland

[tey-buh l-land]
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noun
  1. an elevated and generally level region of considerable extent; plateau.
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Origin of tableland

First recorded in 1690–1700; table + -land
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Examples from the Web for tableland

Historical Examples

  • Tableland there is none except little patches of less than an acre.

    The Hunted Outlaw

    Anonymous

  • Houses and churches nestled in the curve of tableland, under the mountain.

    Daisy

    Elizabeth Wetherell

  • In the translucent atmosphere of the tableland it looked scarce a mile.

    The Lone Ranche

    Captain Mayne Reid

  • In the tableland districts, where the rainfall averages 30 in.

    Australia The Dairy Country

    Australia Department of External Affairs

  • The Salta line was continued in 1908 to the Bolivian tableland.

British Dictionary definitions for tableland

tableland

noun
  1. flat elevated land; a plateau
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tableland in Science

tableland

[tā′bəl-lănd′]
  1. A flat, elevated region, such as a plateau or mesa.
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