entertainment center
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3.1
- noun
- /ˌɛntərˈteɪnmənt ˈsɛntər/
- US
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centro de entretenimiento
- The new entertainment center holds our TV, game console, and speakers neatly organized.
- a home entertainment center
- a family entertainment center
- a DVD entertainment center
Examples
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And this one is like a sound bar meant to live in your living room entertainment center, right under your TV.
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You got everything but the balloon and the home entertainment center.
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Right in the entertainment center.
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Later, Anna went over to the entertainment center.
Fiction book (1998) -
My first task later this evening will be to go shopping for a new entertainment center for my office/den.
Blog text (13) -
Hoping more sound would distract her from her thoughts, she walked to the entertainment center and turned on the radio.
Fiction book (1998) -
Family photographs and knick-knacks filled the entertainment center to his right.
Fiction book (2002) -
Don't you want to live in the type of house that has a first-rate home entertainment center, including a DVD?
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The front door opened into the living room, which was dominated by a six-foot-high, ten-foot-wide entertainment center.
Fiction book (1996) -
We will buy a plaid couch, an entertainment center, wall-to-wall carpeting, and we will be happy.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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5.1
A piece of furniture that holds electronic equipment like a radio
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally transparent: 'entertainment' (amusement or media) + 'center' (a focal place or hub) yields a place or focal unit for entertainment — in context this extends naturally to a piece of furniture or setup that holds entertainment devices. While context may disambiguate whether it is a venue or a furniture unit, a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the general meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun entertainment center comes from the idea of a single center in the home where all the entertainment, like the TV, speakers and game consoles, is kept together. That's why it now means 'a large piece of furniture or setup' that holds and organizes those devices.