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centrefold

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centrefold US, centerfold [ˈsɛntəˌfəʊld]
n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a large coloured illustration folded so that it forms the central spread of a magazine
2. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) a photograph of a nude or nearly nude woman (or man) in a magazine on such a spread
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Noun1.centrefold - a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
facing pages, spread head, spreadhead, spread - two facing pages of a book or other publication
foldout, gatefold - an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine
Translations
centrefold centerfold (US) [ˈsentəˌfəʊld] Npóster m central, encarte m central
centrefold centerfold [ˈsɛntərfəʊld] (US) n [newspaper] → pages centrales détachables (avec photo de pin up)
centre-forward [ˌsɛntərˈfɔːrrd] n (SPORT)avant-centre m
centre ground n (in politics)centre m
to occupy the centre ground [political party] → se situer au centre, être au centre
centre-half [ˌsɛntərˈhɑːf] n (SPORT)demi-centre m
centre of gravity ncentre m de gravité
centre parties npl (POLITICS)partis mpl du centre
centrefold centerfold (Am) [ˈsɛntəˌfəʊld] n (of magazine) → paginone m centrale
centrefold centerfold (Am) [ˈsɛntəˌfəʊld] n (of magazine) → paginone m centrale


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When I mention Merry-Go-Round as one of my favourite Canadian films from the 1960s and salaciously describe its remarkable scene of teenaged boys attending a strip club and salivating over a statuesque dancer taking it all off followed by a graphic scene of one of the boys masturbating to a Playboy centrefold, I am stared at in disbelief especially when I reveal the work's NFB provenance.
Imagine, therefore, my surprise as I opened today the December issue of Catholic Insight to find a centrefold on "The Boy and the Cross," a fairy tale which trivializes the calibre of your otherwise excellent magazine.
The centrefold article urged all councils to support the March, and to write to our MPs to grant the feminists' demands.
 
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