chessboard
17
1.3
- noun
- /ˈtʃɛsˌbɔrd/
:
tablero de ajedrez
- That's a chessboard.
- chessboard pattern
Examples
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I'll keep an eye out for you and have the chessboard ready.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's a chessboard.
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There is also an open chessboard and a game in progress.
Fiction book (2001) -
A marble chessboard had been set up on a table between the chairs.
Fiction book (2001) -
That's a nice chessboard that you've got there.
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There was a sofa with a disintegrating lily pattern and a coffee table with a chessboard on it.
Fiction book (2000) -
The children gathered around the chessboard, eager to watch the game unfold.
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He studied the chessboard carefully, contemplating his next move.
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With black pieces on one side and white on the other, the chessboard was ready for a match.
Synonyms
2
1.8
A square board with 64 light and dark squares used for playing chess
2
2.5
A board divided into 64 squares of two colors for playing chess or checkers
How Big
17
1.3
458
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chessboard combines chess and board. Chess comes from an old Persian word shah meaning 'king', because the game is about capturing the king, and board is a flat surface, so a chessboard is the 64-square board you play the game on.