centerfold en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- sĕnʹtər-fōld (US)
- /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/ (US)
- /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/ (UK)
Etymology
From center + fold.
Meanings
- (US) The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.
- (US) A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
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(US) The person appearing in such a photograph.
My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold
1981, “Centerfold”, performed by The J. Geils Band:
- (US, broadly) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| centerfolds | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| centrefold | alternative | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Synonyms
bit of crumpet · ten · man-meat · stud muffin · golden girl · himbo · chick magnet · jelly · pin-up · doll · betty · cupcake · beefcake · pretty · vixen · bona omi · dimber cove · chicken · femme fatale · stunner · lovely · enchantress · angel · bombshell · bomb · pin-up girl · dreamboat · cutie · dimber mort · houri · beauty · stoater · goddess · twink · belle · hunk · Chad · looker · lady-killer · pretty boy · odalisque · pin-up · superhunk · tchotchke · fox · HB · peng ting · piece of crumpet · knockout · hottie · babe · spunk · stud · rizzler · stunna · cookie
Translations (15)
de mittlere Doppelseite (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine) · nl pin-up (large photograph printed on this sheet) · sv mittuppslag (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine) · nl pin-up (person in such a photograph) · fr pin-up (person in such a photograph) · nl middenblad (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine) · nl vamp (sexually attractive person) · fi keskiaukeaman poika (person in such a photograph) · pl rozkładówka (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine) · fr pin-up (sexually attractive person) · ru разворо́т (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine) · fi keskiaukeaman tyttö (person in such a photograph) · fi keskiaukeamakuva (large photograph printed on this sheet) · fi keskiaukeama (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine) · nl pin-up (sexually attractive person)