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CHESS SET

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chess set mean? 

CHESS SET (noun)
  The noun CHESS SET has 1 sense:

1. checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chessplay

  Familiarity information: CHESS SET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHESS SET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("chess set" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Meronyms (parts of "chess set"):

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

chess piece; chessman (any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess)


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