Meaning & use
tableau
A striking group of people or objects arranged and held motionless to represent a scene.
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The actors froze into a tableau at the final curtain, holding the pose for several seconds.
The museum window displayed a tableau of mannequins dressed in Victorian clothing.
A note on using this word
Plural is "tableaux" or "tableaus"; often used for a vivid scene that seems frozen in time, even outside theater.
Words with a similar meaning
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