tableau [ta-bloh, tab-loh] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
tableau [ta-bloh, tab-loh]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: scene, often painted
Synonyms: illustration, picture, representation, spectacle, view
Main Entry: picture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: illustration, likeness of something
Synonyms: account, art, blueprint, canvas, cartoon, copy, delineation, depiction, description, doodle, double, draft, drawing, duplicate, effigy, engraving, figure, icon, image, impression, lookalike, outline, painting, panorama, photo, photograph, piece, portrait, portrayal, presentment, print, re-creation, replica, report, representation, ringer, similitude, simulacrum, sketch, spectacle, spitting image, statue, tableau, twin
Main Entry: scene
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: setting of a performance or event
Synonyms: arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set, setting, show, sight, site, spectacle, spot, stage, tableau, theater, view
Notes: an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act
Example Sentences
  • The conclusion of the ballet will be a grand tableau representing the apotheosis of the automobile.
  • For a few seconds the incident played out in tableau on the opposite sidewalk.
  • Perhaps that tableau marks me as hopelessly old-media.
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Main Entry: spectacle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something showy; exhibition
Synonyms: comedy, curiosity, demonstration, display, drama, event, exposition, extravaganza, marvel, movie, pageant, parade, performance, phenomenon, play, production, representation, scene, show, sight, spectacular, tableau, view, wonder
Antonyms: normality, ordinariness
Main Entry: view
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something that is seen
Synonyms: appearance, aspect, composition, contour, design, field of vision, glimpse, illustration, landscape, look, opening, outline, outlook, panorama, perspective, picture, prospect, range of vision, representation, scene, seascape, show, sight, spectacle, stretch, tableau, vision, vista, way
Main Entry: set piece
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: piece of scenery; formal work of art
Synonyms: ceremony, scenery, stage set, tableau
Main Entry: mise en scene
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: scene
Synonyms: arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set, setting, show, sight, site, spectacle, spot, stage, tableau, theater, view
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