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centrepiece [ˈsɛntəˌpiːs] n
an object used as the centre of something, esp for decoration ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
centrepiece Translations centrepiece [ˈsɛntərpiːs] (British) centerpiece (US) n centrepiece centerpiece (Am) [ˈsɛntəˌpiːs] n → centrotavola m (fig) → pezzo forte, punta di diamante centrepiece centerpiece (Am) [ˈsɛntəˌpiːs] n → centrotavola m (fig) → pezzo forte, punta di diamante How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Even the cabin table itself had been knocked into kindling-wood; and the cabin mess dined off the broad head of an oil-butt, lashed down to the floor for a centrepiece. An epergne or centrepiece of some kind was in the middle of this cloth; it was so heavily overhung with cobwebs that its form was quite undistinguishable; and, as I looked along the yellow expanse out of which I remember its seeming to grow, like a black fungus, I saw speckled-legged spiders with blotchy bodies running home to it, and running out from it, as if some circumstances of the greatest public importance had just transpired in the spider community. Facing the fire between the settles, a sofa, a footstool, and a little table, formed a centrepiece devoted to Mrs Boffin. |
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