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chess⋅board

[ches-bawrd, -bohrd]
–noun
the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME. See chess 1 , board
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chess·board   (chěs'bôrd', -bōrd')   
n.  A game board marked with 64 squares, used in playing chess.
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