name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
chequer
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈt͡ʃɛkə/
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General-American: /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative spelling of checker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of checker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 5
one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: checker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: man, piece
Narrower terms: king
verb
Meaning 6
variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: checker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vary, variegate, motley
verb
Meaning 7
mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: check, checker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: draw
History
Etymology
See checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”