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Centerpiece   /sˈɛntərpˌis/   Listen
Centerpiece

noun
1.
The central or most important feature.  Synonym: centrepiece.
2.
Something placed at the center of something else (as on a table).  Synonym: centrepiece.






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"Centerpiece" Quotes from Famous Books



... familiarly of Kermans, Serebends, Khivas, Bokharas, and Kiz-Kilims, ad infinitum, but to jot down now and then in one's notebook, or still better in one's design book (made of the kindergarten squared paper, one-eighth inch), a pretty border or centerpiece for the rug which is to grace some doll house. The patterns of Turkish rugs (see page 127) are of geometrical or arabesque designs—an edict from the Koran having prohibited the reproduction of living things. The Persians, however, weave animals, birds, etc., as their ancestors ...
— Hand-Loom Weaving - A Manual for School and Home • Mattie Phipps Todd

... true line through the center of the table (your "silence cloth" had best be of table padding, a doubled cotton flannel or asbestos) and not hang below the table less than nine inches. The usual arrangement of the centerpiece in the center of the table (the table itself being immediately under the light, unless the waitress is thereby prevented from moving between the table and sideboard) with its dish of fruit or ferns or flowers (never so ...
— Prepare and Serve a Meal and Interior Decoration • Lillian B. Lansdown

... the bannister, lest she should lose her balance and fall. Everything looked so cool and sweet. The pictures were of woods and lakes, or a bit of sedgy river. There were fine sheer draperies at the windows, a tall vase of flowers on the beautiful centerpiece that adorned the real ...
— A Modern Cinderella • Amanda M. Douglas



Words linked to "Centerpiece" :   feature, ornament, characteristic, decoration, epergne, ornamentation



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