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chequerboard

chequerboard is the alternative spelling 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 chequerboard

Noun
pluralchequerboards
Verb
third-person singular presentchequerboards
present participlechequerboarding
past participlechequerboarded
pastchequerboarded

Questions about chequerboard

What is chequerboard the alternative spelling of?
Chequerboard is the alternative spelling of checkerboard.

Words near chequerboard in the dictionary

  1. chequer tree
  2. chequer trees
  3. chequer-brat
  4. chequer-brats
  5. Chequerbent
  6. chequerboard
  7. chequerboarded
  8. chequerboarding
  9. chequerboards
  10. chequered
  11. chequered flag

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chequerboard (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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