Phrase Hound found 135 phrases and 70 compound words that contain centre. The most common are listed below. Open centre in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 135
- shopping centreA large retail outlet consisting of several shops.
- centre of massA point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density, and with the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field.
- town centreThe main commercial or business area of a town, containing the principal shops, banks, restaurants and public traffic hub.
- city centreUK standard spelling of city center.
- centre of attentionSomething that attracts a lot of attention.
- Centre of the UniverseDerogatory name for Toronto: the capital and largest city of Ontario, Canada.
- health centreA clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses.
- data centreA facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.
- call centreAlternative spelling of call center: A communications facility where phone calls are handled; especially, a commercial one for customer service, sales and telemarketing.
- community centreA building where the people, groups, and organisations in a particular area can go in order to meet one another for recreation, education, business etc.
- centre-backA central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper
- detention centreA facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
- centre forwardThe most central of the strikers; traditionally the player who makes the kick-off.
- centre-leftLeaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
- centre-rightLeaning to the right but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other rightist variants.
- music centreAn integrated home audio system.
- off-centreDisplaced from the centre.
- centre of gravityUK and Canada standard spelling of center of gravity.
- centre stageStandard spelling of center stage.
- Centre CountyOne of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Bellefonte.
- Red CentreA region of Australia: the central region of Sahul, the Australian continent, around Alice Springs, variously defined.
- garden centreA retail outlet selling plants, gardening requisites, furniture and other items intended for outdoor use.
- centre halfA centre-back.
- job centreUK standard spelling of job center.
- inside centreA player who is positioned between the fly-half and the outside centre
Compound words 70
- centricBeing in the centre; central.
- centristOf, pertaining to, or advocating centrism.
- centro-central, especially of mass nouns
- centroidThe point at which gravitational force (or other universally and uniformly acting force) may be supposed to act on a given rigid, uniformly dense body; the centre of gravity or centre of mass.
- epicentreThe point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake.
- JobcentreA government-funded agency that helps the unemployed to find work.
- CentrevilleA ghost town in northern British Columbia, Canada.
- CentrelinkThe statutory authority responsible for providing social security payments.
- centrelineAlternative form of centerline: A line down the center of a road, generally one that divides traffic moving in opposite directions.
- hypocentreThe focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.