chessboard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.
A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares

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From chess + board.

chess checkerboard chequerboard draughtsboard gameboard

chessboard distance chessboardlike Croatian chessboard wheat and chessboard problem

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