CHECKERBOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does checkerboard mean? 

• CHECKERBOARD (noun)
  The noun CHECKERBOARD has 1 sense:

1. a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors

  Familiarity information: CHECKERBOARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHECKERBOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A board having 64 squares of two alternating colors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

checker board; checkerboard

Hypernyms ("checkerboard" is a kind of...):

board; gameboard (a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games)

Meronyms (parts of "checkerboard"):

square (any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles)

diagonal (an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "checkerboard"):

chess board; chessboard (a checkerboard used to play chess)

Holonyms ("checkerboard" is a part of...):

checkers; draughts (a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces)

chess; chess game (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)

 Context examples 

The technique lays down the materials in a checkerboard arrangement, as thin squares arranged in a grid.

(Combinatorial Synthesis, NCI Thesaurus)