checkerboard

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
checkerboard
    n 1: a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors [syn:
         {checkerboard}, {checker board}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Checkerboard \Check"er*board\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r*b[=o]rd`), n.
   A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for
   playing checkers, chess, or draughts.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "checkerboard":
      agate, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, blocks, check,
      checker, checkerwork, chessboard, club, cockhorse,
      colors in patches, crazy-work, cricket bat, cue, doll,
      doll carriage, gewgaw, gimcrack, golf club, harlequin, hobbyhorse,
      jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, kickshaw,
      knickknack, marble, marionette, marquetry, mig, mosaic, paper doll,
      parquet, parquetry, patchwork, pick-up sticks, pinwheel, plaid,
      plaything, puppet, racket, rag doll, rocking horse, sport, steelie,
      tartan, taw, teetotum, tessellation, tesserae, top, toy,
      toy soldier, trinket, variegated pattern, whim-wham
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