English noun: Colorado Plateau | |||
1. | Colorado Plateau (object) a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner | ||
Instance hypernym | plateau, tableland | ||
Part holonym | Grand Canyon | ||
Part meronym | Arizona, AZ, Beehive State, Centennial State, CO, Colorado, Grand Canyon State, Land of Enchantment, Mormon State, New Mexico, NM, UT, Utah | ||