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centerpiece

centerpiece is the US standard spelling of centrepiece.

Meaning of centrepiece

Noun

centrepiece (plural centrepieces)

  1. An ornament to be placed in the centre, as of a table, ceiling, etc.
  2. A central article or figure.
    • Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece.1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752

Forms of centerpiece

pluralcenterpieces

Origin of centerpiece

From center + piece.

Questions about centerpiece

What is centerpiece the US standard spelling of?
Centerpiece is the US standard spelling of centrepiece.

Words near centerpiece in the dictionary

  1. centerman
  2. centermen
  3. centermost
  4. centeroid
  5. centeroids
  6. centerpiece
  7. centerpieces
  8. centerpin
  9. centerpins
  10. centerplane
  11. centerpoint

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centerpiece (page history and authors); centrepiece (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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