CENTERPIECE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centerpiece mean? 

• CENTERPIECE (noun)
  The noun CENTERPIECE has 2 senses:

1. the central or most important feature

2. something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)

  Familiarity information: CENTERPIECE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTERPIECE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The central or most important feature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

centerpiece; centrepiece

Context example:

education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform

Hypernyms ("centerpiece" is a kind of...):

characteristic; feature (a prominent attribute or aspect of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

centerpiece; centrepiece

Hypernyms ("centerpiece" is a kind of...):

decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "centerpiece"):

epergne (a large table centerpiece with branching holders for fruit or sweets or flowers)

 Context examples 

The month’s centerpiece will be the new moon solar eclipse on December 25/26 at four degrees Capricorn, your house of truelove.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Thanks to the conspirators, the tables were turned that night, for Hayes sent up a wilderness of flowers, with a loverly basket arranged in his best manner for a centerpiece.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The big centerpiece of the month will come on December 25/26 when the new moon solar eclipse will occur in Capricorn, your eleventh house, at four degrees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The month’s centerpiece will be the new moon solar eclipse on December 25 at four degrees Capricorn, your house of truelove.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The centerpiece of the month will be this solar eclipse of December 25 in your ninth house, and under this influence, most people journey to a foreign city that they have never visited but always hoped to see.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)