ALL meanings of cento
cen·to
C c - noun cento a piece of writing, esp a poem, composed of quotations from other authors 3
- noun acronym cento Central Treaty Organization; an organization for military and economic cooperation formed in 1959 by the UK, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey as a successor to the Baghdad Pact: disbanded 1979 3
- noun cento a literary or musical work made up of passages from other works 3
- noun cento anything made up of badly matched parts 3
- noun cento A literary work made up of quotations from other works. 1
- noun plural cento a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors. 1
- noun plural cento anything composed of incongruous parts; conglomeration. 1
- noun plural cento Obsolete. a patchwork. 1
- noun cento a former organization (1959–79) for economic and military cooperation, established as successor to the Baghdad Pact, and comprising Great Britain, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. The U.S. had affiliate status. 1
- noun cento A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors. 0