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upland
[uhp-luhnd, -land] 
| Main Entry: |
eminence
[em-uh-nuhns]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high ground |
| Synonyms: | altitude, elevation, height, highland, highness, hill, hillock, knoll, loftiness, peak, project, prominence, promontory, raise, ridge, rise, summit, upland |
| Antonyms: | flat, low ground |
| Main Entry: | mesa |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plateau |
| Synonyms: | butte, elevation, highland, plain, tableland, upland |
| Main Entry: | plateau |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level; flat, often high, land |
| Synonyms: | elevation, highland, mesa, plain, stage, table, tableland, upland |
| Main Entry: | ridge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | raised part of solid |
| Synonyms: | backbone, chine, corrugation, crease, crinkle, elevation, esker, fold, furrow, hill, hogback, moraine, parapet, plica, pole, range, rib, rim, rimple, rivel, ruck, seam, spine, upland, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | flat, plain |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | movement upward; upward slope |
| Synonyms: | acclivity, ascension, ascent, climb, elevation, eminence, highland, hillock, incline, lift, mount, rising, rising ground, soaring, surge, towering, upland, upsurge |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
| Antonyms: | decline, drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | table |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flatland |
| Synonyms: | flat, mesa, plain, plateau, tableland, upland |
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