Definitions for centerfold
ˈsɛn tərˌfoʊldcen·ter·fold

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. centerfold, centrefoldnoun

   a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. centerfoldnoun

   The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.

2. centerfoldnoun

   A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.

3. centerfoldnoun

   The person appearing in such a photograph.

4. centerfoldnoun

   Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.

5. Etymology: center + fold

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1. Centerfold

   Centerfold is a single released by The J. Geils Band from their album Freeze Frame. The song is about a man who is shocked to discover that his high school crush appeared in a centerfold spread for an unspecified men's magazine. The song's narrator is torn between conflicting feelings: his disappointment due to her loss of innocence, and his lust until the end of the song. It was released in autumn 1981, and eventually went to Number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1982, and stayed there for six weeks. It was the first single released from the album Freeze Frame and was an early staple on MTV. It also peaked at Number 1 in Australia and Canada. In February 1982, after the song hit No. 1 in the US, "Centerfold" peaked at No. 3 in the UK Top 40, earning The J. Geils Band their only major hit single in the UK, although follow-up "Freeze-Frame" was a minor hit. The song is one of the on-disc songs on the 2010 music video game Rock Band 3. In 2018, the song was ranked at No. 66 on Billboard's All Time Top Songs.

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1. centerfold

   A centerfold is a magazine feature that primarily consists of a large image or poster, generally a photo, spread over two adjoining pages. This image is typically of a glamorous or provocative subject and is often found in the middle of the publication. In popular culture, the term "centerfold" is often associated with magazines that feature sexually suggestive or explicit content, such as Playboy magazine. However, it can be used more broadly to refer to any two-page spread in a publication.

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1. Centerfold

   The centerfold of a magazine refers to a gatefolded spread, usually a portrait such as a pin-up or a nude, inserted in the middle of the publication, or to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines, the centerfold does not have any blank space cutting through the image. The term was coined by Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine. The success of the first issue of Playboy has been attributed in large part to its centerfold: a nude of Marilyn Monroe. The advent of monthly centerfolds gave the pin-up a new respectability, and helped to sanitize the notion of "sexiness". Being featured as a centerfold could lead to film roles for models, and still occasionally does today. Early on, Hefner required Playboy centerfolds to be portrayed in a very specific way, telling photographers in a 1956 memo that the "model must be in a natural setting engaged in some activity 'like reading, writing, mixing a drink'...[and]... should have a 'healthy, intelligent, American look—a young lady that looks like she might be a very efficient secretary or an undergrad at Vassar.'" Hefner later said that the ideal centerfold is one in which "a situation is suggested, the presence of someone not in the picture"; the goal was to transform "a straight pinup into an intimate interlude, something personal and special."

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Anagrams for centerfold »

1. centrefold

How to pronounce centerfold?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of centerfold in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of centerfold in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of centerfold in a Sentence

1. Kayla Rae Reid:

   I was like, ‘ I don’t think so, ’ my family is very Republican, traditional and Southern. I sat the whole family down and I was like, ‘ So I got an offer to be a Playmate centerfold. ’ My grandmother was like, ‘ You have to do it. We just wo n’t tell the family in Alabama, you know what I mean ? ’.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=centerfold
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Centerfold
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfold
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=centerfold