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单词 checkerboard
释义 checkerboard
I. \R -kə(r)ˌb-, -R -kəˌb-\ noun
Etymology: checker (I) + board
1. : a board used in checkers, chess, and other games with a typical pattern of 64 squares in 2 alternating colors arranged in 8 rows of 8 squares each
2. : a pattern or arrangement like a checkerboard
 < a checkerboard of cultivated fields, pasture lands and wooded tracts — American Guide Series: Texas >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to arrange, mark, line, or split up into a checkerboard pattern
 < with fields and forests checkerboarded around — American Guide Series: Arkansas >
specifically : to purchase or lease (scattered parcels of land) in acquiring oil rights in a given area
 < the company's holdings are checkerboarded over the prospective oil territory >
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