tableau
noun/tæbˈloʊ/
Frequency rank: #14,131 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A vivid or striking scene, picture, or group arrangement, often depicted as still or frozen.
Example sentence
The director arranged the actors into a striking, frozen tableau that represented one scene of the story.
Synonyms & related words
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