S: (n) center, centre, middle, heart, eye (an area that is approximately central within some larger region) "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
S: (n) center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process) "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
S: (n) center (the middle of a military or naval formation) "they had to reinforce the center"
S: (n) center ((basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team)
S: (n) center, snapper ((football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback) "the center fumbled the handoff"
S: (n) center, centre (a place where some particular activity is concentrated) "they received messages from several centers"
S: (n) center (politically moderate persons; centrists)
S: (n) center ((ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team)
S: (n) center, centre (the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering)
S: (n) plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre (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) "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
S: (n) center (the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game)
S: (n) center ((American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play) "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"
S: (n) center (a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game)
W: (n) centering [Related to: center] (the concentration of attention or energy on something) "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"