checkerboard
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Synonyms: checker board, chequerboard, checkerboards
Antonyms: checker board, chequerboard, checkerboards
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Noun
- {{lb|en|board games}} A [[square]] [[board]] [[divided]] into [[sixty-four]] equal [[square]]s [[arranged]] in eight [[row]]s and eight [[column]]s, with [[adjacent]] [[square]]s [[alternating]] in [[color]], typically [[black]] and [[white]], used to play [[chess]], [[checkers]] or [[draughts]].
- A [[pattern]] of [[square]]s of [[alternating]] [[color]]s.
- {{lb|en|film}} A style of [[negative]] [[cut]]ting that avoids visible [[splice]] marks.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[checker]]; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
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