Definitions for central

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central cen·tral

Spelling: [sen-truh l]

IPA: /ˈsɛn trəl/

Central is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 268 anagrams from letters in central (acelnrt).

Definitions for central

noun

1. a main telephone exchange. a telephone operator at such an exchange.
2. (in Spanish America and the Philippines) a mill for crushing cane into raw sugar.
3. a region in central Scotland. 1016 sq. mi. (2631 sq. km).

adjective

1. of or forming the center:
2. in, at, or near the center:
3. constituting something from which other related things proceed or upon which they depend:
4. principal; chief; dominant:
5. Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the central nervous system. of or relating to the centrum of a vertebra.
6. Phonetics. (of a speech sound) produced with the tongue articulating neither expressly forward nor in the back part of the mouth, as any of the sounds of lull.
7. Physics. (of a force) directed to or from a fixed point.

Origin of central

1640-50; Latin centrālis, equivalent to centr(um) center + -ālis -al¹

Examples for central

Three seats were rented by him in a central part of the large church.

It drains your body of nutrients and vitamins, attacking the central nervous system and leaving you in a dehydrated, hazy state.

The central question before us is: How shall we use that peace?

All other issues—racial, feminine, even environmental—need to fit around this central objective.

President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to central High School.

Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy.

Methamphetamine addiction is central to more than one story.

Offending the other ones has been a central strategy for Paul over the last year.

Indeed Culbertson in the central countries was Culbertson to none.

I have heard of you--the most wonderful shot in central Africa.