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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

  1. 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.
  2. noun A pattern of squares of alternating colors.
  3. noun A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.

checkered — full definition

  1. adj Patterned with a grid of alternating light and dark squares.
  2. adj Marked by ups and downs, controversy, or a mix of successes and failures.

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