Did you mayhaps mean centerfold?
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of centerfold.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
Examples
“Report wanking to a centrefold is pretty much acceptable .... i guess it's all in the head. if you can't conform, then you may have to take it to another level, be it higher or lower, to satisfy the crave that you can't attain. i've since given up trying to figure out why we all do the things that we do. that's all part of our footprints on the trek down the evolutionary path.”
“I mean, who else would feature a centrefold hung like a horse May 16?”
“Dudley Turner Westerham, Kent• Sorry, but I don't want to have post-Christmas breakfast looking at the page-four photograph of the Beaufort hunt and then turn to the centrefold to find yet another "traditional" hunting scene.”
The Guardian: Letters: Morris dancing beats hunting for Boxing Day fun
“The acclaim for Anna Nicole, based on the tragic life of Playboy centrefold Anna Nicole Smith, is a thrilling reminder that, even in hard times, there need be no recession in ideas or imagination.”
“He bought the rights to an old pin-up picture of Marilyn Monroe and used it as centrefold bait to drum up 70,000 advance orders: "It immediately classed us as big-time with the news dealers," Hefner wrote, "and probably with our readers, too.”
“Targeted at "men between 18 and 80", Playboy began publishing half a century ago with Marilyn Monroe as its first centrefold.”
The Guardian: Playboy tycoon Hugh Hefner tries to dodge Penthouse's $210m seduction
“So, this erstwhile Cosmo centrefold (seriously), what's he going to do then?”
“The godless among you will say that it was hard to blame her for this — Kirk is very good-looking and the gay magazine Attitude has begged him to pose for its centrefold.”
Iris Robinson could not live up to her own bigoted standards
“When I was a child, Owl ran a full centrefold of a spider, closeup.”
“Update, 5/26: "Van Sant's hero is played by Adonis newcomer Gabe Nevins with all the vitality and complexity of a gay teen centrefold," writes Nigel Andrews in the Financial Times.”
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
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yarb Yes, but it also has this buttoned-up 1950's streak. Weirdnet is multifaceted. Aug 20, 2009
bilby I'm surprised WordNet doesn't mention nudity as it usually has its mind in the gutter. Aug 20, 2009