Meanings
nouncenterpiece (plural centerpieces)
plural centerpieces
- USstandardUS standard spelling of centrepiece.
The debt is fictional, the families’ lawyers said in Thursday’s filing, and “a centerpiece of Jones’s plan to avoid compensating the Sandy Hook families.”
2022 August 25, Elizabeth Williamson, “Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomething placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
Similar
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincentrum
- Middle Frenchcentre
- Middle Englishcenter
- Englishcenter
- Englishpiece
- Englishcenterpiece
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
centerpiece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centerpiece
MLA
“centerpiece.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centerpiece. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centerpiece,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centerpiece.
Source: centerpiece on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.