Meanings
plural centerfolds · alternative centrefold
- USA large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
Synonyms: pin-up
- USThe person appearing in such a photograph.
My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold
1981, “Centerfold”, performed by The J. Geils BandSynonyms: pin-up, pin-up girl
- USbroadlyAny very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
Synonyms: beefcake, bona omi, Chad, chicken, chick magnet, dimber cove, dreamboat, himbo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
nounThe person appearing in such a photograph.
nounAny very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Dutch middenblad, pin-up
- middenbladsingle sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine
- pin-uplarge photograph printed on this sheet
- pin-upperson in such a photograph
- pin-upsexually attractive person
- vampsexually attractive person
Finnish keskiaukeama, keskiaukeamakuva
- keskiaukeamasingle sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine
- keskiaukeamakuvalarge photograph printed on this sheet
- keskiaukeaman tyttöperson in such a photograph
- keskiaukeaman poikaperson in such a photograph
French pin-up, pin-up
- pin-upperson in such a photograph
- pin-upsexually attractive person
German mittlere Doppelseite
- mittlere Doppelseitesingle sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine
Polish rozkładówka
- rozkładówkasingle sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine
Russian разворо́т
- разворо́т (razvorót)single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine
Swedish mittuppslag
- mittuppslagsingle sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine
Cite this entry
centerfold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centerfold
“centerfold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centerfold. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centerfold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centerfold.
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