Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
centerpiece .
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- noun An
ornament to be placed in thecentre , as of a table, ceiling, etc. - noun A
central article orfigure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
- noun the central or most important feature
Etymologies
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Examples
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I hear the centrepiece is a Texan writer who will descend and will be recognised instantly as the messiah in baby form, with a little cherub’s wings and pink lipstick.
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The centrepiece is a rally on Saturday against the building of a large, domed mosque, with two 55m (177ft) minarets, in the city’s heavily immigrant Ehrenfeld district.
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The centrepiece was the world premiere of Stunt Doubles, a three-movement work by Gordon McPherson b 1965.
LPO/Jurowski; Betrothal in a Monastery; Psappha ensemble; SCO/Ticciati – review 2012
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The centrepiece is a scale model referencing the English physicist Michael Faraday, baroque music and local butterflies; it consists of a mechanical flower cutter, triggered by a recording of Bach to cut a maze in a bed of genetically modified pansies.
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The centrepiece is a scale model referencing the English physicist Michael Faraday, baroque music and local butterflies; it consists of a mechanical flower cutter, triggered by a recording of Bach to cut a maze in a bed of genetically modified pansies.
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I have to admit, that the baby pear plonked on top in a garish imitation of a centrepiece was my kitschy idea and it made me burst into hysterical laughter.
French gourmet dinner: 7th & 8th courses Niki 2005
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I have to admit, that the baby pear plonked on top in a garish imitation of a centrepiece was my kitschy idea and it made me burst into hysterical laughter.
Archive 2005-02-01 Niki 2005
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The centrepiece is a domed structure with 300 feet high columns crowned with carved elephants, watching over the statues of all three Dalit icons.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Dean Nelson 2011
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There are 16 new gallery spaces in the restored Victorian building, but the centrepiece is the Grand Gallery, a four-storey, 18-metre high display of over 800 objects.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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My centrepiece is a slow-roasted goose, its richness cut with brandy and tomatoes.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Stevie Parle 2011
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