centerfold

English

Alternative forms

• centrefold (mostly British)

Etymology

center +‎ fold

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕnʹtər-fōld, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/

Noun

centerfold (plural centerfolds) (American spelling)

1. The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
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.
   • 1981, The J. Geils Band, Centerfold

     My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold

4. Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.

Synonyms

• (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine):
• (large photograph printed on this sheet): pin-up
• (person appearing in such a photograph): pin-up, pin-up girl (woman)
• (very sexually attractive person): babe (woman), beefcake (man), doll (woman), fox (woman), hunk (man), stud muffin (man)

Antonyms

• (very sexually attractive person): crone (woman), fright, hag (woman), monster

Translations

single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine

• Dutch: middenblad n
• Finnish: keskiaukeama (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: разворо́т (ru) m (razvorót)
• Swedish: mittuppslag n

large photograph printed on this sheet

• Dutch: pin-up (nl) m or f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: keskiaukeamakuva

person in such a photograph

• Dutch: pin-up (nl) m or f
• Finnish: keskiaukeaman tyttö, keskiaukeaman poika
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: pin-up (fr) f (woman)

sexually attractive person

• Dutch: pin-up (nl) m or f, vamp (nl) f (woman)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: pin-up (fr) f (woman)

Anagrams

• centrefold