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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King