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chess piece

chess piece noun: any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.

chess piece: any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
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Noun

chess piece (countable and uncountable, plural chess pieces)

  1. Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
    Synonyms:
    chessman, chesspiece
  2. (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
    • Near-synonym: pawn
    Synonyms:
    pawn

chess piece meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

chess piece in Hindi

any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
शतरंज का मोहर śatrañj kā mohar

chess piece in Tamil

any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
சதுரங்கக் காய் caturaṅkak kāy

chess piece in Marathi

any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
बुद्धिबळातील सोंगटी buddhibḷātīl soṅgṭī

chess piece in Urdu

chess piece, chessman
مہرہ muhra
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chess piece in Malayalam
ചെസ്സ് കരു cessŭ karu
chess piece in Kannada
ಚದುರಂಗದ ಕಾಯಿ caduraṅgada kāyi
chess piece in Punjabi
شطرنج دا مہرہ śat̤raṉj dā muhrah, ਸ਼ਤਰੰਜ ਦਾ ਮੋਹਰਾ śatrañj dā mohrā, ਮੋਹਰਾ mohrā
chess piece in Sanskrit
नृ nṛ́
chess piece in Nepali
चेसको गोटीहरू cesko goṭīharū, बुद्धिचालको गोटीहरू buddhicālko goṭīharū
chess piece in Arabic
قِطْعَة qiṭʕa
chess piece in Persian
مهره mohre
chess piece in Vietnamese
con cờ, quân cờ

Synonyms of chess piece

Forms of chess piece

pluralchess pieces
alternative formchesspiece
alternative formchess-piece

Questions about chess piece

What does chess piece mean?
Chess piece means any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
What is chess piece in Hindi?
Chess piece in Hindi is शतरंज का मोहर (śatrañj kā mohar). See Chess piece meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chess piece?
Chess piece is a noun.
What is the plural of chess piece?
The plural of chess piece is chess pieces.

Words near chess piece in the dictionary

  1. chess engine
  2. chess engines
  3. chess master
  4. chess masters
  5. chess pie
  6. chess piece
  7. chess pieces
  8. chess pies
  9. chess player
  10. chess players
  11. chess set

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chess piece (page history and authors); مہرہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); شطرنج دا مہرہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); नृ (Sanskrit) (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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