Tableau

Word TABLEAU
Character 7
Hyphenation ta bleau
Pronunciations /ˈtæ.bləʊ/

Definitions and meanings of "Tableau"

What do we mean by tableau?

A vivid or graphic description. noun

A striking incidental scene, as of a picturesque group of people. noun

An interlude during a scene when all the performers on stage freeze in position and then resume action as before. noun

A tableau vivant. noun

A picture, or a picturesque presentation; specifically, in English use, a picturesque grouping of persons and objects, or of either alone; a living picture. See tableau vivant, below. noun

In French law, a table or schedule; a showing; a list; a statement. noun

A striking and vivid representation; a picture. noun

A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless. noun

The arrangement, or layout, of cards. noun

A striking and vivid representation; a picture. noun

A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting. noun

Any dramatic scene noun

A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting) noun

A striking and vivid representation; a picture.

A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture.

Hence, an arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing up a particular moment in the drama, conventionally revealed by opening tableau curtains (known as "tabs").

A table (two-dimensional presentation of data).

Mostly in solitaire card games, but also in other card and board games, the main area, where random cards can be arranged.

A semantic tableau.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tableau

The word "tableau" in example sentences

The most impressive tableau is the pop-up of a large Mos Eisley spaceport where our heroes Luke and Obi-Wan first met Han and Chewie. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The whole tableau is a high school nightmare come to life. ❋ Dan Steinberg (2010)

The killings of the crew men were enacted in tableau fashion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The last tableau is of the iconic group looking down on Switzerland. ❋ Newmania (2006)

Eight hours 'work coverts a lump of inert snow into a classic tableau from the Simpsons. ❋ Unknown (2003)

This sculptured tableau is divided horizontally by the river Orontes, represented by the zigzag lines. ❋ Unknown (1891)

It would have puzzled him to stand in tableau for the Earl of ❋ Unknown (1865)

"This is a comeback and a personal project, and from the very opening frame - a gorgeous opening-title tableau - I could see Coppola straining very hard to make it count," writes Glenn Kenny. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Above them hung a huge banner that read ADVANCING IN UNITY TOWARDS 2012, but everything about the tableau was artifice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The background music to the tableau was the whoosh of a several trillion dollars exiting the US financial system never to be seen again. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Again, the tableau was the same: the nominee's wife and two children were right there with him. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The tableau was the same as it had been nine hours earlier. ❋ Child, Lee (2006)

Quesnay had propounded a school of economics known as Physiocracy and devised a chart of the economy called a tableau économique. ❋ Robert L. Heilbroner (1999)

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