Centrepiece

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ornament to be placed in the centre, as of a table, ceiling, etc.
  2. 2
    something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) wordnet
  3. 3
    A central article or figure.

    "Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece."

  4. 4
    the central or most important feature wordnet

Synonyms

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centerpiececenterpiece

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"Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece."

Etymology

From centre + piece.

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