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Noun: checkerboard  'che-kur,bord
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: chequerboard)
  1. A board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
    "They played checkers on the checkerboard";
    - checker board [N. Amer], chequerboard [Brit, Cdn], draughtboard [Brit]

Derived forms: checkerboards

Type of: board, gameboard

Part of: checkers [US], chess, chess game, draughts [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Checkerboard, Montana