checkerboard

check·er·board

C0264300 (chĕk′ər-bôrd′)n.1. A board on which chess and checkers are played, divided into 64 squares of two alternating colors.2. A pattern resembling the alternating squares of such a board.

checkerboard

(ˈtʃɛkəˌbɔːd) n (Chess & Draughts) US and Canadian a square board divided into 64 squares of alternating colours, used for playing checkers or chess. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): draughtboard

check•er•board

(ˈtʃɛk ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd)

n. 1. a board marked into 64 squares of two alternating colors, arranged in eight vertical and eight horizontal rows, on which checkers or chess is played. 2. a design resembling this. v.t. 3. to arrange in or mark with a checkerboard pattern. [1765–75]

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Noun

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checkerboard - a board having 64 squares of two alternating colorschecker boardcheckers, draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieceschess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's kinggameboard, board - a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"chess board, chessboard - a checkerboard used to play chesssquare - any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a checkerboard has 64 squares"diagonal - an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"

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