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check·er·board
 checkerboard
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- pronunciation:
- che
k
r
bord
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a surface marked into eight rows and columns of squares of two alternating colors, usu. red and black, and used as a game board for checkers or chess.
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definition 2: |
any pattern of squares of two alternating colors.
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adjective + (n.)checkerboard
alternating,
beige,
black,
black-and-white,
blue,
brown,
ceramic,
cold,
colonial,
customary,
geometric,
giant,
green,
huge,
inlaid,
irregular,
like,
neat,
painted,
paved,
red,
traditional,
white
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verb + (n.)checkerboard
arrange, consist, contain, continue, create, design, feature, form, hunch, lay, mimic, paint, represent, resemble, shine, slide
noun + (n.)checkerboard
arm,
bowl,
brass,
cell,
chair,
checker,
chess,
clothes,
column,
container,
cookbook,
cookie,
cream,
crop,
design,
destruction,
diamond,
doorway,
emblem,
facade,
farm,
farmland,
fashion,
flag,
floor,
flooring,
formation,
gold,
green,
image,
kitchen,
lake,
land,
linoleum,
lounge,
marble,
motif,
neighborhood,
ownership,
page,
pattern,
pixel,
platform,
porch,
pride,
red,
reservation,
rug,
shade,
shape,
shirt,
spot,
square,
stripe,
table,
tile,
tin,
tray,
valley,
weave,
zone
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
checkerboards, checkerboarding, checkerboarded |
definition: |
to pattern or mark like a checkerboard.
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