tableau
noun/tæbˈloʊ/
Frequency rank: #14,131 most common English word
Meaning
A vivid or striking scene, picture, or group arrangement, often depicted as still or frozen.
Example sentence
The director arranged the actors into striking tableau that represented each scene of the story.
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