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tableau | |
1. n. A striking and vivid representation; a picture. | |
2. n. A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture. | |
3. n. (dated) Hence, an arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing up a particular moment in the drama, conventionally revealed by opening tableau curtains (known as " | |
4. n. (card games) Mostly in solitaire card games, but also in other card and board games, the main area, where random cards can be arranged. | |
5. n. (logic) A semantic tableau. | |