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checkboard

checkboard is the alternative form of checkerboard.

Meaning of checkerboard

Noun

checkerboard (plural checkerboards)

  1. (board games) 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.
    Synonyms:
    draughtboard
  2. A pattern of squares of alternating colors.
  3. A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.

See all 4 meanings of checkerboard

Forms of checkboard

pluralcheckboards

Questions about checkboard

What is checkboard the alternative form of?
Checkboard is the alternative form of checkerboard.

Words near checkboard in the dictionary

  1. checkage
  2. checkages
  3. checkback
  4. checkbite
  5. checkbites
  6. checkboard
  7. checkboards
  8. checkbook
  9. checkbook diplomacy
  10. checkbook journalism
  11. checkbook money

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Adapted from Wiktionary: checkboard (page history and authors); checkerboard (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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