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centerpiece

noun

  1. ornamental display for the center of a table
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center English piece English centerpiece From center + piece.

  1. US 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.”