checkerboard, checker board
(noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
checkerboard (plural checkerboards)
A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
• (board for draughts): draughtboard
checkerboard (third-person singular simple present checkerboards, present participle checkerboarding, simple past and past participle checkerboarded)
(transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
Source: Wiktionary
Check"er*board, n.
Definition: A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
