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Word: Chequer
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from exchequer. The original sense ‘chessboard’ gave rise to chequered meaning ‘marked like a chessboard’; hence the sense ‘pattern of squares’ (early 16th century)
ˈtʃɛkə
a pattern of squares, typically alternately coloured
Short Definition:pattern of squares
Examples:- a geometric shape bordered by chequers
- a chequer design
the game of draughts.
Short Definition:game of draughts
- checker
Word: Chequer
Speech Type: Verb
ˈtʃɛkə
divide into or mark with an arrangement of squares of different colour or character
Short Definition:divide into or mark with arrangement of squares
Examples:- sunlight fell through the trees, chequering the stones
- a great plain chequered with corn and green mosses
- checker
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