checkerboard.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A pattern of squares of alternating colors.
A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
Where this word comes from
From checker + board.
To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
Where this word comes from
From checker + board.
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