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checkerboard::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | checker board |
| Type of | board, gameboard |
| Has types | chessboard, chess board |
Examples of checkerboard
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Lincoln contrived a crude checkerboard, with a little box to hold the checkers.
From the theatlantic.com
Checkerboard tile floors and a blackboard tap menu anchor the lively front bar.
From the philly.com
Puffy himself was dressed in a gray suit with a thin blue checkerboard pattern.
From the time.com
Arrange squares on plate, alternating colors as needed to resemble a checkerboard.
From the kentucky.com
We will no longer mock you for putting an orange checkerboard on a football field.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
She makes the perfect checkerboard cake and I just want to perfect that technique.
From the guardian.co.uk
Thanks to those concentric circles, a dazzling checkerboard appears in each slice.
From the npr.org
Pipe rows of stars across the top of the cake, creating a checkerboard effect.
From the democratandchronicle.com
For instance, the checkerboard lattice contains all integer points of even parity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
- A checkerboard is a board on which English draughts is played. It is an 8×8 board and the 64 squares are of alternating dark and light color, often red and black.
- Founded in 1928, The Pacer is the name of the student newspaper of the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Office of Student Publications at UT Martin publishes The Pacer every Tuesday morning throughout the semester except for holidays and exam periods. ...
- (Checkerboarding (beekeeping)) Checkerboarding is a term used in beekeeping that describes a specific hive management technique to prevent swarming. The technique was developed by Walt Wright, a long time beekeeper from Tennessee.
- (Checkerboarding (land)) Checkerboarding refers to a situation where land ownership is intermingled between two or more owners, resulting in a checkerboard pattern. Checkerboarding is prevalent in the Western United States.
- (Checkerboarding) The standard method of scheduling programs in prime time by offering different programs in the same time period every night. This is the opposite of "strip" programming, in which the same series airs different episodes in the same time period every day. ...
- A specific sweep technique, dividing a fixed area into blocks, into one of which a ground element is inserted while mechanized or armor elements operate around the periphery to completely saturate the area and prevent enemy escape (SQUIRTER). ...
- To arrange that alternating squares (in a checkerboard pattern) dance with the head and side designations reversed, so as to provide more effective dancing space in a crowded hall.
- Special position in magazines in which two or four quarter pages are arranged with editorial on a single page or double page spread so as to give the impression of a miniature chess/checkerboard.
