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   tableau

   /ˈtabləʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant: "in the first act the action is presented in a series of tableaux" Similar picturepaintingrepresentationportrayalillustrationimagepageanttableau vivanthuman representationparadedioramascene

   Word Origin late 17th century (in the sense ‘picture’, figuratively ‘picturesque description’): from French, literally ‘picture’, diminutive of table (see table).

   Scrabble Points: 9

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