"checkerboard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: checkerboards [plural]
Etymology: checker + board Etymology templates: {{compound|en|checker|board}} checker + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} checkerboard (plural checkerboards)
  1. A pattern of squares of alternating colours. Translations (pattern of squares of alternating colours): ruutukuvio (Finnish), shakkikuvio (Finnish), damier [masculine] (French), scacchiera [feminine] (Italian), cheker (Middle English), szachownica [feminine] (Polish), escaque [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-checkerboard-en-noun-lIAVxUck Disambiguation of 'pattern of squares of alternating colours': 92 7 1
  2. A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers. Synonyms (board for draughts): draughtboard Translations (game board): шахматна дъска (šahmatna dǎska) (Bulgarian), àbac [masculine] (Catalan), shakkilauta (Finnish), damier [masculine] (French), échiquier [masculine] (French), tableiro [masculine] (Galician), damoplanko (Ido), scacchiera [feminine] (Italian), cheker (Middle English), Daumbrat [neuter] (Plautdietsch), tabuleiro [masculine] (Portuguese), ша́хматная доска́ (šáxmatnaja doská) [feminine] (Russian), tablero [masculine] (Spanish), tablero de damas [masculine] (Spanish), damero [masculine] (Spanish), damahan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-checkerboard-en-noun-Xawy8YUE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 74 19 4 Disambiguation of 'board for draughts': 8 85 7 Disambiguation of 'game board': 2 84 14
  3. (film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks. Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-checkerboard-en-noun-Kkzp2~v3 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chequerboard Derived forms: checkerboard rendering, Croatian checkerboard

Verb

Forms: checkerboards [present, singular, third-person], checkerboarding [participle, present], checkerboarded [participle, past], checkerboarded [past]
Etymology: checker + board Etymology templates: {{compound|en|checker|board}} checker + board Head templates: {{en-verb}} checkerboard (third-person singular simple present checkerboards, present participle checkerboarding, simple past and past participle checkerboarded)
  1. (transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-checkerboard-en-verb-ImouYZRR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chequerboard

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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