Centerpiece

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    US standard spelling of centrepiece. US, alt-of, standard

    "The debt is fictional, the families’ lawyers said in Thursday’s filing, and “a centerpiece of Jones’s plan to avoid compensating the Sandy Hook families.”"

  2. 2
    something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) wordnet
  3. 3
    the central or most important feature wordnet

Synonyms

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canopycentrepiececover

Example

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"A Roman coin from the third century CE is the centerpiece of his collection."

Etymology

From center + piece.

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