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Noun: tableau (tableaux,tableaus)  'ta,blow
  1. Any dramatic scene
    "The protesters created a tableau of silent resistance"
     
  2. A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
    "The wedding party posed for a tableau vivant at the reception";
    - tableau vivant

Derived forms: tableaus, tableaux

Type of: arrangement, aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista

Encyclopedia: Tableau