noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
2. 2
   a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors wordnet
3. 3
   A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
4. 4
   A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.

Verb

1. 1
   To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

agateballbaseball batbatbattledorebauble

Example

More examples

"We play chess on a checkerboard."

Etymology

From checker + board.

Related phrases

Croatian checkerboardcheckerboard rendering

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