Checkerboard

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Checkerboard \Check"er*board\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r*b[=o]rd`), n.
     A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for
     playing checkers, chess, or draughts.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  checkerboard
       n : a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "checkerboard":
     agate, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, blocks, check,
     checker, checkerwork, chessboard, club, cockhorse,
     colors in patches, crazy-work, cricket bat, cue, doll,
     doll carriage, gewgaw, gimcrack, golf club, harlequin, hobbyhorse,
     jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, kickshaw,
     knickknack, marble, marionette, marquetry, mig, mosaic, paper doll,
     parquet, parquetry, patchwork, pick-up sticks, pinwheel, plaid,
     plaything, puppet, racket, rag doll, rocking horse, sport, steelie,
     tartan, taw, teetotum, tessellation, tesserae, top, toy,
     toy soldier, trinket, variegated pattern, whim-wham