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Webster 1913 Edition
Checkerboard
Check′er-board
(chĕk′ẽr-bōrdˊ)
, Noun.
A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers, chess, or draughts.
Definition 2024
checkerboard
checkerboard
English
Alternative forms
Noun
checkerboard (plural checkerboards)
- A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
- A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 64 squares, used to play chess and draughts / checkers.
Synonyms
- (board for draughts): draughtboard
Translations
pattern of squares of alternating colours
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game board
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Verb
checkerboard (third-person singular simple present checkerboards, present participle checkerboarding, simple past and past participle checkerboarded)
- (transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.