1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Chequer

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of checker.

v. Variant of checker.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative spelling of checker.

v. Alternative spelling of checker.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun-and-verb. Same as checker.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

A more recent spelling (in England) of checker.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

v. mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

n. one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers

Word Usage

"After half an hour of the heaviest cannonade ever known, Wellington's faithful troops were threatened by an avalanche of cavalry, and promptly fell into the "chequer" disposition previously arranged for the most exposed division, that of Alten."

Verb Form

chequered chequering chequers

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

variegate motley vary draw

Variant

Checker checker

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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