mesa

(noun)

noun

1. flat tableland with steep edges

- the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water

Similar word(s): table

Definition categories: object, plateau, tableland

2. a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix

Definition categories: location

Sentences with mesa as a noun:

- A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado.