"centerfold" meaning in English

See centerfold in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/ [US], /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/ [UK] Forms: centerfolds [plural]
enPR: sĕnʹtər-fōld [US] Etymology: From 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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 28 25 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 25 21 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 21 20 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 21 35 29 Disambiguation of 'single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine': 94 5 1 1
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 28 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 33 26 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 21 20 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 21 35 29 Disambiguation of 'large photograph printed on this sheet': 6 63 18 13
  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: 0 26 63 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 28 25 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 21 20 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 21 36 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 23 38 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 21 36 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 21 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 24 37 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 20 36 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 22 39 26 Disambiguation of 'person in such a photograph': 1 16 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 31 17 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 28 25 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 21 20 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 21 35 29 Disambiguation of 'sexually attractive person': 0 14 17 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: centrefold [British]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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