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checked
[ chekt ]
/ tʃɛkt /
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adjective
having a pattern of squares; checkered: a checked shirt.
Phonetics. (of a vowel) situated in a closed syllable (opposed to free def. 28).
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British Dictionary definitions for checked
checked
/ (tʃɛkt) /
adjective
having a pattern of small squares
phonetics (of a syllable) ending in a consonant
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