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chessboard

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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chess·board /ˈtʃesbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]  chessboard.jpg DGBa square board with 64 black and white squares, on which you play chess 国际象棋棋盘4  See picture of 见图 CHESS
Examples from the Corpus
chessboardDo we suspect life is a chessboard even though we know that you don't play games?The score belies the ferocious chessboard duel that we have witnessed over the past month and a half.The Monsignor had fallen asleep over his chessboard.The white marble squares on the pavement glowed as if on a phantom chessboard.She cut the chessboard into two sections, each one containing eight squares across and four down.That, then, is the reality that hovers over the chessboard.Many versions look like traditional chessboards, complete with standard game pieces.
chess·board nounChineseSyllable
64 and a square squares, with white Corpus board black


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chessboard
chessboard /ˈtʃesbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]

a square board with 64 black and white squares, on which you play chess


chess·boardBrE /ˈtʃesbɔːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃesbɔːrd/ 🔊 noun
a board with 64 black and white squares that chess is played on 国际象棋棋盘