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checkerboard

UK/ˈt͡ʃɛkəˌbɔːd//ˈt͡ʃɛkɚˌbɔɹd/

checkerboard noun: 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.

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.

Verb

checkerboard (third-person singular simple present checkerboards, present participle checkerboarding, simple past and past participle checkerboarded)

  1. (transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.

checkerboard meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

checkerboard in Tamil

சதுரங்கப்பலகை

checkerboard in Tagalog

game board
damahan

Synonyms of checkerboard

Forms of checkerboard

Noun
pluralcheckerboards
alternative UKchequerboard
Verb
third-person singular presentcheckerboards
present participlecheckerboarding
past participlecheckerboarded
pastcheckerboarded

Origin of checkerboard

From checker + board.

Words formed from checkerboard

Questions about checkerboard

What does checkerboard mean?
Checkerboard means 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.
What is checkerboard in Tamil?
Checkerboard in Tamil is சதுரங்கப்பலகை. See Checkerboard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is checkerboard?
Checkerboard can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce checkerboard?
Checkerboard is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɛkəˌbɔːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of checkerboard?
The plural of checkerboard is checkerboards.

Words near checkerboard in the dictionary

  1. checkerbark junipers
  2. checkerberries
  3. checkerberry
  4. checkerbloom
  5. checkerblooms
  6. checkerboard
  7. checkerboard rendering
  8. checkerboarded
  9. checkerboardedness
  10. checkerboarding
  11. checkerboards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: checkerboard (page history and authors); checkerboard (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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