The noun central has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. central, telephone exchange, exchange -- (a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication)
Overview of adj central
The adj central has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (11) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal -- (serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure")
2. (7) central -- (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"; "central heating and air conditioning")
3. (4) central -- (used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place; "the people of Central and Northern Europe"; "country in central Africa")
4. central -- (centrally located and easy to reach; "the central city has good bus service"; "the shop has a central location")