"checkers" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-checkers.wav
  1. Checkers, variante du jeu de dames jouée sur 64 cases.
    Sense id: fr-checkers-en-noun-jWXgJ0Ak Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Jeux en anglais, Anglais des États-Unis Topics: games
  2. Empilage.
    Sense id: fr-checkers-en-noun-khcRYqB8 Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la verrerie, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: draughts Meronyms (dame): king Meronyms (damier): checkerboard Meronyms (pion): man Related terms: chess, chinese checkers, backgammon
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