English Explanatory Dictionary

centerfold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  2. A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
  3. The person appearing in such a photograph.
  4. Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.

Pronunciation

sĕnʹtər-fōld /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/ /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/

Word forms

centerfold centerfolds centrefold

Etymology

From center + fold.

Synonyms

pin-up pin-up girl beefcake bona omi Chad chicken chick magnet dimber cove dreamboat himbo hunk lady-killer man-meat pretty boy rizzler spunk stud stud muffin superhunk twink angel babe beauty belle betty bit of crumpet bomb bombshell cookie cupcake cutie dimber mort doll enchantress femme fatale fox goddess golden girl HB hottie houri jelly knockout looker lovely odalisque peng ting piece of crumpet pretty stoater stunner stunna tchotchke ten vixen
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