"centerfold" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/ [US], /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/ [UK] Forms: centerfolds [plural]
enPR: sĕnʹtər-fōld [UK] Etymology: center + fold Etymology templates: {{compound|en|center|fold}} center + fold Head templates: {{en-noun}} centerfold (plural centerfolds)
  1. 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. Tags: US Translations (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine): middenblad [neuter] (Dutch), keskiaukeama (Finnish), mittlere Doppelseite [feminine] (German), rozkładówka [feminine] (Polish), разворо́т (razvorót) [masculine] (Russian), mittuppslag [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-centerfold-en-noun-SBODdrKh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 16 16 14 Disambiguation of 'single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine': 87 5 4 4
  2. A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man. Tags: US Synonyms: pin-up Translations (large photograph printed on this sheet): pin-up [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), keskiaukeamakuva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-centerfold-en-noun-61gpCTbg Disambiguation of 'large photograph printed on this sheet': 7 64 17 12
  3. The person appearing in such a photograph. Tags: US Categories (topical): People Synonyms: pin-up, pin-up girl (english: woman) Translations (person in such a photograph): pin-up [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), keskiaukeaman tyttö (Finnish), keskiaukeaman poika (Finnish), pin-up (english: woman) [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-centerfold-en-noun-L2O-ECBi Disambiguation of People: 1 23 57 20 Disambiguation of 'person in such a photograph': 1 15 50 34
  4. (by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph. Tags: US, broadly Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: beautiful man, beautiful woman Translations (sexually attractive person): pin-up [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), vamp (english: woman) [feminine] (Dutch), pin-up (english: woman) [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-centerfold-en-noun-bFTlMTNW Disambiguation of Appearance: 4 28 30 38 Disambiguation of 'sexually attractive person': 0 14 17 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: centrefold [British]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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