CHESSBOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chessboard mean? 

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

1. a checkerboard used to play chess

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHESSBOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A checkerboard used to play chess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chess board; chessboard

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

checker board; checkerboard (a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors)

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

chess set (checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess)

 Context examples 

The parlor was always bright and attractive, the chessboard ready, the piano in tune, plenty of gay gossip, and a nice little supper set forth in tempting style.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)