damier — meaning in English
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English meaning
- checkerboard noun A square board divided into sixty-four equal squares arranged in eight rows and eight columns, with adjacent squares alternating in color, typically black and white, used to play chess, checkers or draughts.
- checkered adj Patterned with a grid of alternating light and dark squares.
Senses
damier is used for these senses in English:
- checkerboard A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
- checkerboard A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
- checkered Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.
checkerboard — full definition
- noun A square board divided into sixty-four equal squares arranged in eight rows and eight columns, with adjacent squares alternating in color, typically black and white, used to play chess, checkers or draughts.
- noun A pattern of squares of alternating colors.
- noun A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
checkered — full definition
- adj Patterned with a grid of alternating light and dark squares.
- adj Marked by ups and downs, controversy, or a mix of successes and failures.