Chessboardlike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a chessboard.

    "A large chessboardlike aquarium was made, which contained 25 separate compartments 15 × 15 × 15 cm in size."

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"A large chessboardlike aquarium was made, which contained 25 separate compartments 15 × 15 × 15 cm in size."

Etymology

From chessboard + -like.

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