chess board

A form of chessboard — A square playing surface divided into eight rows and eight columns, forming sixty-four equal squares arranged in an alternating pattern of colors across both rows and columns.

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Meanings

nounchess board (plural chess boards)

plural chess boards

  1. alternativeAlternative form of chessboard.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna checkerboard used to play chess

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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chess board. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chess%20board

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chess board,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chess%20board.

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