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relative skewers

relative skewers is the plural of relative skewer.

Meaning of relative skewer

Noun

relative skewer (plural relative skewers)

  1. A skewer that is not an absolute skewer; a skewer that is not a skewer of the king.
    • In an absolute skewer, the king is involved, whereas a relative skewer does not involve the king.2018, George Huczek, A to Z Chess Tactics: Every Chess Move Explained, Batsford, →ISBN

Questions about relative skewers

What is relative skewers the plural of?
Relative skewers is the plural of relative skewer.

Words near relative skewers in the dictionary

  1. relative pronoun
  2. relative pronouns
  3. relative pseudo-complement
  4. relative pseudo-complements
  5. relative skewer
  6. relative skewers
  7. relative superlative
  8. relative superlatives
  9. relative tense
  10. relative tenses
  11. relative time

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