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centerfold

centerfold

16 6.8
A large picture printed across the two middle pages of a magazine
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛntərˌfoʊld/
  • US
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  • And you, Dr. Straus, are gonna be in the centerfold of Playboy.
  • Playboy centerfold
  • magazine centerfold
  • naked centerfolds

And I get to the centerfold and it's my mom.

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Examples

  • The book includes a centerfold of Leanne's popular Harry Potter "Order of the Phoenix" group pinup.

    Blog text (12)
  • And I get to the centerfold and it's my mom.

  • I was a centerfold once.

  • When does your centerfold come out?

  • My angel is the centerfold

  • And what are we shooting, a centerfold?

  • Alex flips the magazine open to a centerfold.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Brown began posing for the camera early in his career as a centerfold for Cosmopolitan.

    Blog text (33)
  • Test shot and lo and behold, it was the centerfold for December '87.

  • The New York City cop appears on the cover and as the centerfold in next month's Playgirl magazine.

Synonyms

spread
vscenterfold
  • Jargon
15 5.8

Two pages in a book or magazine viewed together

is limited to the magazine middle and often presents a single large image
foldout
vscenterfold
2 5.4

A large page kept inside a book or magazine that opens to show a picture such as a map

is the middle magazine layout that commonly uses this foldable format
center spread
vscenterfold
  • Jargon
1 3.9

Two pages in the middle of a magazine or newspaper showing a large photo

is specifically the middle magazine layout and often opens out for a large image
gatefold
vscenterfold
  • Specialized
1 9.2

A large folded page in a book, magazine, or album cover that opens to show a wide picture

is the middle magazine layout that may appear as this folded page type

Surface Forms

centerfold singular
centerfolds plural

Morphology

centerfold = center + fold (transparent) = center + fold

A straightforward compound where 'center' + 'fold' denotes the fold at the middle of a magazine spread, so the meaning is directly compositional.

Etymology

The word centerfold comes from center 'middle' and fold 'to bend' or 'a folded part', so it names the large picture or page in the middle of a magazine that unfolds across the center.