chessboard

[ ches-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈtʃɛsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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noun

the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess.

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Origin of chessboard

1400–50; late Middle English. See chess¹, board

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How to use chessboard in a sentence

We are again being tossed aside as dispensable pawns on an international chess board.
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The owner of a German-language newspaper noticed Pulitzer at the chess board.
The Honorable Press Baron|Steve Weinberg|March 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Rove is abnormally skilled at convincing the audience that the pawn moved on its own to that particular square on the chess board.
Behind Rove's Latest Lies|James C. Moore|August 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
She came to the table, set the candlestick down and looked over the chess-board.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater

The chess-board was continental in its dimensions, but everything upon it seemed within reach of his hand.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
The cacique has another very beautiful palace, with a large courtyard, paved with handsome flags, in the style of a chess-board.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady
"It would be much pleasanter to agree with you, uncle," Ethan remarked, as he got out the chess-board.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
At every motion the wheels are heard; the image moves its head, and looks over every part of the chess-board.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts

British Dictionary definitions for chessboard

chessboard

/ (ˈtʃɛsˌbɔːd) /

noun

a square board divided into 64 squares of two alternating colours, used for playing chess or draughts

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