centerfold

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centerfold

  • /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/ US
  • /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/ UK

Where it comes from

From center + fold.

noun centerfolds · centrefold

  1. US The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.
  2. US A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.

    Similar: pin-up

  3. US The person appearing in such a photograph. My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold

    Similar: pin-up, pin-up girl

  4. US, broadly Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.

    Similar: beefcake, bona omi, Chad, chicken, chick magnet, dimber cove, dreamboat, himbo, hunk, lady-killer, man-meat, pretty boy

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noun single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine

Deutschmittlere Doppelseite
Русскийразворо́т razvorót

noun person in such a photograph

Françaispin-up

noun sexually attractive person

Françaispin-up

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MLA

"centerfold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/centerfold. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

centerfold. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/centerfold

Chicago

"centerfold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/centerfold.

BibTeX
@misc{centerfold_2026,
  title = {centerfold},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/centerfold},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}