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Centerpiece

noun

The central or most important feature. Synonym: centrepiece.

Something placed at the center of something else (as on a table). Synonym: centrepiece.

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"Centerpiece" Quotes from Famous Books

... they were going to Sallie Davis's to look at a wonderful centerpiece done by her mother. Mattie, whose fingers were extremely clever, had offered to do the work of copying it, while Patty was to pay for the silks, linen, etc. Then, jointly, they were to give it to Miss Kate for an engagement present. In case ...

— Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl • Irene Elliott Benson

... prodigious size and the splendor of its color. This precious jewel the Rajah of Kishmoor had, upon a certain occasion, bestowed upon his Queen, and at the time of her capture she wore it as the centerpiece of a sort of coronet which encircled her forehead ...

— Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates • Howard I. Pyle

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