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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

... suburb village of Manchester, already of considerable importance as a milling town; and the whole coup d'oeil—from the shining heights of Chimborazo to the green slopes of the city of the silent, the grim, gray old capitol as a centerpiece—makes a Claud landscape that admits no thought of the ...

— Four Years in Rebel Capitals - An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death • T. C. DeLeon

... with the centerpiece of painter's brush, wondered if her father had met Ambrose Doane. She gave him a brief, offhand account of her adventure without mentioning ...

— The Fur Bringers - A Story of the Canadian Northwest • Hulbert Footner

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