Tableau

Definition of tableau:

part of speech: noun

A lifelike representation; a scene like a picture, showing persons properly grouped.

Usage examples for tableau:

• But the reader will be interested to see a full tableau of the persons who were prominent in this movement. "History of American Socialisms", John Humphrey Noyes.

• But, oh, what a tableau was there! "A Fluttered Dovecote", George Manville Fenn.

• When we left her at her own door, our last sight of her was in her father's arms, little Anne clinging to her dress, mother and grandfather as close to her as could be- a perfect tableau of a joyous welcome. "Chantry House", Charlotte M. Yonge.