Meanings
plural checkerboards · alternative UK chequerboard
- board gamesA square board divided into sixty-four equal squares arranged in eight rows and eight columns, with adjacent squares alternating in color, typically black and white, used to play chess, checkers or draughts.
Synonyms: draughtboard
- A pattern of squares of alternating colors.
present singular third person checkerboards · participle present checkerboarding · participle past checkerboarded · past checkerboarded · alternative UK chequerboard
- transitiveTo checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA square board divided into sixty-four equal squares arranged in eight rows and eight columns, with adjacent squares alternating in color, typically black and white, used to play chess, checkers or draughts.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian шахматна дъска
- шахматна дъска (šahmatna dăska)game board
Catalan àbac
- àbacgame board
Finnish shakkilauta, ruutukuvio
- shakkilautagame board
- ruutukuviopattern of squares of alternating colors
- shakkikuviopattern of squares of alternating colors
French damier, échiquier
- damiergame board
- échiquiergame board
- damierpattern of squares of alternating colors
Irish clár táiplise
- clár táiplisegame board
Italian scacchiera, scacchiera
- scacchieragame board
- scacchierapattern of squares of alternating colors
Korean 체커판
- 체커판 (chekeopan)game board
Polish szachownica
- szachownicapattern of squares of alternating colors
Portuguese tabuleiro
- tabuleirogame board
Russian ша́хматная доска́
- ша́хматная доска́ (šáxmatnaja doská)game board
Spanish tablero, tablero de damas
- tablerogame board
- tablero de damasgame board
- damerogame board
- escaquepattern of squares of alternating colors
Tagalog damahan
- damahangame board
Cite this entry
checkerboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkerboard
“checkerboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkerboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “checkerboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkerboard.
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