chequerboard

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A form of checkerboard — A 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.

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Meanings

nounchequerboard (plural chequerboards)

plural chequerboards

  1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of checkerboard.
verbchequerboard (third-person singular simple present chequerboards, present participle chequerboarding, simple past and past participle chequerboarded)

present singular third person chequerboards · participle present chequerboarding · participle past chequerboarded · past chequerboarded

  1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of checkerboard.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna board having 64 squares of two alternating colors

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checkerboardchecker board
Broader
boardgameboard
Also see
checkerboard

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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chequerboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chequerboard

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Chicago

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