"major piece" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: major pieces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} major piece (plural major pieces)
  1. (chess) A queen or a rook. Categories (topical): Chess Synonyms: heavy piece Related terms: minor piece Translations (A queen or a rook): raskas upseeri (Finnish), pièce lourde [feminine] (French), ciężka figura [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-major_piece-en-noun-LNexThxc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: board-games, chess, games

Inflected forms

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