noun
Meaning 1
A pattern of squares of alternating colors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
checkerboard
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛkəˌbɔːd/
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General-American: /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚˌbɔɹd/
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noun
Meaning 2
A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and checkers/draughts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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verb
Meaning 4
To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 5
a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: checker board
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: board, gameboard
Narrower terms: chessboard, chess board
History
Etymology
From checker + board.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ruutukuvio — pattern of squares of alternating colors
- Finnish: shakkikuvio — pattern of squares of alternating colors
- French: damier — pattern of squares of alternating colors
- Italian: scacchiera — pattern of squares of alternating colors
- Middle English: cheker — pattern of squares of alternating colors
- Polish: szachownica — pattern of squares of alternating colors
- Spanish: escaque — pattern of squares of alternating colors
- Bulgarian: шахматна дъска (šahmatna dǎska) — game board
- Catalan: àbac — game board
- Finnish: shakkilauta — game board
- French: damier — game board
- French: échiquier — game board
- Galician: tableiro — game board
- Ido: damoplanko — game board
- Irish: clár táiplise — game board
- Italian: scacchiera — game board
- Korean: 체커판 (chekeopan) — game board
- Middle English: cheker — game board
- Plautdietsch: Daumbrat — game board
- Portuguese: tabuleiro — game board
- Russian: ша́хматная доска́ (šáxmatnaja doská) — game board
- Spanish: tablero — game board
- Spanish: tablero de damas — game board
- Spanish: damero — game board
- Tagalog: damahan — game board
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