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centerfold
[
sen
-ter-fohld
]
Origin
cen·ter·fold
/
ˈsɛn
tərˌfoʊld
/
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[
sen
-ter-fohld
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
center spread.
2.
a gatefold bound into the
center
of a magazine or book signature.
3.
a photograph of a woman or man in a nude or seminude pose appearing on a magazine centerfold.
4.
the person in such a photograph.
Origin:
1950–55,
Americanism
;
center
+
fold
1
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centrefold
or
(
US
)
centerfold
(ˈsɛntəˌfəʊld)
—
n
1.
a large coloured illustration folded so that it forms the central spread of a magazine
2.
a. a photograph of a nude or nearly nude woman (or man) in a magazine on such a spread
b. the subject of such a photograph
centerfold
or
(
US
)
centerfold
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
centerfold
"fold-out center spread of a magazine or newspaper," by 1954, from
center
+
fold
. Used especially for illustrations of comely women, hence "woman who poses as a centerfold model" (by 1965).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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