"centrepiece" meaning in English

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          "sense": "ornament to be placed in the centre",
          "word": "ĉefdekoracio"
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          "text": "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.\nFor 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.",
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      "word": "centerpiece"
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      "sense": "ornament to be placed in the centre",
      "word": "ĉefdekoracio"
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      "sense": "ornament to be placed in the centre",
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      "sense": "ornament to be placed in the centre",
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