Definitions for centerfoldˈsɛn tərˌfoʊld

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cen•ter•foldˈsɛn tərˌfoʊld(n.)

  1. the center foldout of a magazine or newspaper.

    Category: Journalism

  2. a photograph of a nude or seminude person on a magazine centerfold.

  3. the person in such a photograph.

Origin of centerfold:

1950–55, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. centerfold, centrefold(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. centerfold(Noun)

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

  2. centerfold(Noun)

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

  3. centerfold(Noun)

    The person appearing in such a photograph.

  4. centerfold(Noun)

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

  5. Origin: center + fold


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