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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley