plateau
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a tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver
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an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or foodtypes:plateau à téa tray that accommodates a tea servicetype of:
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the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
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a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audiencesynonyms: estradetypes:mise en scènearrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enactedcoulissea stage area out of sight of the audiencetype of:
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flat tableland with steep edges
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shallow container made of metaltype of:containerany object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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a relatively flat highlandtypes:terrassea level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)type of:hautes terreselevated (e.g., mountainous) land
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