centerfold

noun — 4 senses

centerfold

noun

US /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/ · UK /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/

Etymology From center + fold.

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.

3

US The person appearing in such a photograph.

  • My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold1981, “Centerfold”, performed by The J. Geils Band:
4

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

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