chessboard

«chessboard» in Mova's school dictionary: A square board with 64 squares in eight rows of eight… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a chessboard, chessboards)

meaning for a pupil

A square board with 64 squares in eight rows of eight, coloured light and dark in turn, used for playing chess or draughts. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a chessboard has 8 × 8 = 64 squares; famous puzzles count all its squares (204 of all sizes) or double grains of rice on each square. In games and stories: setting up the pieces on the chessboard.

examples

• Set up the pieces on the chessboard. tree →
• A chessboard has 64 squares. tree →
• The chessboard squares are black and white. tree →
• We used the chessboard to play draughts. tree →
• There are 32 dark squares on a chessboard. tree →
• The cat knocked over the chessboard. tree →
• “Who are you at all?” he cried, starting back from the chessboard and staring on Fionn. tree →

note

One word. 64 small squares, 32 light and 32 dark. Counting all squares of every size on a chessboard gives 204 — a common trick question. Draughts (UK) is called checkers in the US, played on the same board.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chessboard» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.