noun Download 🔗Share A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse. Examples : "The children gasped when they saw the statue of a centaur in the park, half-man and half-horse. " mythology animal literature character being Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (also capitalised) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. Examples : "Scientists are studying the centaur planetoid to learn more about the solar system. " astronomy space Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together. Examples : "Our chess club entered a "centaur" in the regional tournament, hoping the human's strategy and the computer's calculation would give us an edge. " game computing technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading