Both Uses
plateau
in
The Thief, by Turner
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- After a quarter of a mile we picked our way down a particularly steep slope and came to a tiny plateau, paved with flagstones and edged with ancient olive trees.†
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- At the back of the plateau, really no more than a deep ledge, a cave led into the mountainside.†
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Definitions:
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(plateau as in: found on the plateau) high land that is reasonably flat
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(plateau as in: reached a plateau in our growth) a time of little change after more rapid change -- typically to stop increasing
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, the expression tibial plateau refers to the flat top portion of the tibia bone (running from the knee to the ankle).