[sen-toh] 
| 1. | a piece of writing, esp. a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors. |
| 2. | anything composed of incongruous parts; conglomeration. |
| 3. | Obsolete. a patchwork. |
[sen-ton-i-kuhl] , adjective [sen-tn-iz-uhm] , cen⋅to⋅ni⋅za⋅tion [sen-tn-uh-zey-shuhn] , noun [sen-toh] | a former organization (1959–79) for economic and military cooperation, established as successor to the Baghdad Pact, and comprising Great Britain, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. The U.S. had affiliate status. |
| cen·to (sěn'tō) n. pl. cen·tos A literary work pieced together from the works of several authors. [Latin centō, patchwork.] |