Associations to the word «Tableau»

Wiktionary

TABLEAU, noun. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
TABLEAU, noun. A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting.
TABLEAU, noun. (card games) Mostly in solitaire card games, but also in other card and board games, the main area, where random cards can be arranged.
TABLEAU VIVANT, noun. (art) A tableau (group scene resembling a painting).

Dictionary definition

TABLEAU, noun. A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting).
TABLEAU, noun. Any dramatic scene.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats