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tableau


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tableau  \Ta`bleau"\,  n.  (Solitaire) 
  The  arrangement,  or  layout,  of  cards. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tableau  \Ta`bleau"\,  n.;  pl  {Tableaux}.  [F.,  dim.  fr  L.  tabula 
  a  painting.  See  {Table}.] 
  1.  A  striking  and  vivid  representation;  a  picture. 
 
  2.  A  representation  of  some  scene  by  means  of  persons  grouped 
  in  the  proper  manner,  placed  in  appropriate  postures,  and 
  remaining  silent  and  motionless. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tableau 
  n  1:  a  group  of  people  attractively  arranged  (as  if  in  a 
  painting)  [syn:  {tableau  vivant}] 
  2:  any  dramatic  scene 




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