noun

1. a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

2. (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play

e.g. it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback

3. the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

4. a building dedicated to a particular activity

e.g. they were raising money to build a new center for research

Synonym: centre

5. the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

e.g. he hit the ball to deep center

Synonym: center fieldcenterfield

6. mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers
usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area
a modern version of the traditional marketplace

e.g. a good plaza should have a movie house
they spent their weekends at the local malls

Synonym: plazamallshopping mallshopping centershopping centre

7. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

e.g. in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere

Synonym: centrenerve centernerve centre

8. the object upon which interest and attention focuses

e.g. his stories made him the center of the party

Synonym: centrecenter of attentioncentre of attention

9. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

e.g. the gist of the prosecutor's argument
the heart and soul of the Republican Party
the nub of the story

Synonym: kernelsubstancecorecentreessencegistheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatnubpithsumnitty-gritty

10. the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

Synonym: centre

11. politically moderate persons
centrists

12. the middle of a military or naval formation

e.g. they had to reinforce the center

13. a place where some particular activity is concentrated

e.g. they received messages from several centers

Synonym: centre

14. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

Synonym: centremidpoint

15. an area that is approximately central within some larger region

e.g. it is in the center of town
they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
they were in the eye of the storm

Synonym: centremiddlehearteye

16. (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

e.g. the center fumbled the handoff

Synonym: snapper

17. (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

18. (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

noun

1. a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

noun

1. a container that has been emptied

e.g. return all empties to the store

noun

1. the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher

e.g. when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper

Synonym: paper

2. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets
contains news and articles and advertisements

e.g. he read his newspaper at breakfast

Synonym: paper

3. a business firm that publishes newspapers

e.g. Murdoch owns many newspapers

Synonym: papernewspaper publisher

4. cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers

e.g. they used bales of newspaper every day

Synonym: newsprint

verb

1. use again after processing

e.g. We must recycle the cardboard boxes

Synonym: reprocessreuse

2. cause to repeat a cycle

adj

1. of the brown color of rust

Synonym: rustrust-brown

2. ancient

e.g. hoary jokes

Synonym: hoary

3. covered with or consisting of rust

e.g. a rusty machine
rusty deposits

4. impaired in skill by neglect

Synonym: out of practice(p)