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plateau

Noun B1 – Intermediate

A large area of flat, raised land, or a period in which something stops changing after a period of growth.

"The hikers finally reached the wide plateau at the top of the trail."

"Plateau" is also used figuratively for a point where progress levels off, as in "her weight loss reached a plateau".

Synonyms

tableland