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chess pieces

chess pieces is the plural of chess piece.

Meaning of chess piece

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

Questions about chess pieces

What is chess pieces the plural of?
Chess pieces is the plural of chess piece.

Words near chess pieces in the dictionary

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

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