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noun

Centrepiece, Centerpiece n.

An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.

Specifically: An arrangement of flowers placed in the center of a table as an ornament while dining.

The central or most important feature of an activity, plan, or object; as, the centerpiece of her campaign was a proposal to slash taxes.

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Etymology of 'Centrepiece'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Centrepiece" Quotes from Famous Books

... trooped into the dining-room with its long table looking like a real banquet board, a big floral decoration was the first thing to greet all eyes. A long low basket of closely woven fibres formed a centrepiece, and inside it, growing so densely that only a vivid mass of blue showed above the brim, were ...

— Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party • C. E. Jacobs

... that great red brick building, a centrepiece with two wings, surrounded by high iron railings lined with gloomy shrubs. The long straight walks, the dismal trees arow, where pale-faced men walked or rested feebly, had impressed themselves on her young mind—thin, patient men, pacing their sepulchre. She had wondered who they ...

— Esther Waters • George Moore

Words linked to "Centrepiece" : feature, centerpiece, ornament, characteristic, decoration