centerfold
English
editAlternative forms
edit- centrefold (mostly British)
Etymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcenterfold (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
editsingle sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine
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large photograph printed on this sheet
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person in such a photograph
sexually attractive person