checkerboard
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ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd noun Also called, British, draughtboard (for def 1).
1.
2.
a design resembling this: The garden was laid out in a checkerboard.
verb (used with object)
3.
to arrange in or mark with a checkerboard pattern: a wall checkerboarded with black and white tiles.
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| (US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): draughtboard a square board divided into 64 squares of alternating colours, used for playing checkers or chess | |
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Checkerboard
is one of our favorite verbs.
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| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about. |
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | checkerboard |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See Punnett square |
Example sentences
Checkerboard and polka dot patterns are not imitated so exactly.
Our logical thoughts dominate experience only as the parallels and meridians make a checkerboard of the sea.
Calculate the amount of coating buffer and coating antibody needed for the checkerboard plate.
The belly displays a vague checkerboard pattern of gray or brown on white or yellowish.
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