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centrepiece en · NOUN

Etymology

From centre + piece.

Meanings

1. An ornament to be placed in the centre, as of a table, ceiling, etc.
2. A central article or figure.
   • Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece. 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:
   • A small bottle of sparkling Rhineland wine was the centrepiece; beside it was a large marzipan pastry topped with strawberries. 1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, page 100:
   • Bridge SAC66 has its place in railway history as the centrepiece of the battle to save the Settle-Carlisle Line from closure in the 1980s. For SAC66 is better known as Batty Moss (or Ribblehead) Viaduct - the magnificent, Grade 2-listed, 24-arch structure that strides over the pockmarked ground between Ribblehead station and Blea Moor signal box. 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival”, in Rail, page 26:

Forms

Translations (13)

de Herzstück (ornament to be placed in the centre) · de Kernstück (ornament to be placed in the centre) · eo ĉefornamaĵo (ornament to be placed in the centre) · pl chluba (central article or figure) · eo ĉefdekoracio (ornament to be placed in the centre) · es centro de mesa (ornament to be placed in the centre) · ga lárscaraoid (ornament to be placed in the centre) · de Herzstück (central article or figure) · es pieza central (central article or figure) · pl gwóźdź programu (central article or figure) · pl główna ozdoba (ornament to be placed in the centre) · de Kern (central article or figure) · de Kernstück (central article or figure)