centerfold
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word centerfold. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word centerfold, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say centerfold in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word centerfold you have here. The definition of the word centerfold will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcenterfold, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Alternative forms
- centrefold (mostly British)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
centerfold (plural centerfolds) (American spelling)
- 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.
- Hypernym: foldout
- A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
- Synonym: pin-up
- The person appearing in such a photograph.
- Synonyms: pin-up, (woman) pin-up girl
- 1981, “Centerfold”, performed by The J. Geils Band:
- My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold
- (by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:beautiful man, Thesaurus:beautiful woman
Translations
single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine
|
large photograph printed on this sheet
|
person in such a photograph
sexually attractive person