Chequer

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A more recent spelling (in England) of checker.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Same as checker.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of checker.
  • verb. Alternative spelling of checker.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
  • verb. mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
  • noun. 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."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    draw  motley  variegate  vary  
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    2-42  2-67  25-35  ====  bulletin  
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    Checker  checker  
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