checkerboard

noun check·er·board \ -ˌbȯrd \

|Updated on: 3 Aug 2018

Examples: checkerboard in a Sentence

Definition of checkerboard

1 : a board used in various games (such as checkers) with usually 64 squares in 2 alternating colors

2 : something that has a pattern or arrangement like a checkerboard

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Examples of checkerboard in a Sentence

The fields formed a checkerboard of light and dark squares.

Recent Examples of checkerboard from the Web

Some were passed their children, some were passed their flag — both ended up draped around the players, as a checkerboard sea churned in the stands of the Luzhniki Stadium.

— rory smith, New York Times, "Croatia Digs Deeper, Burying England’s World Cup Dreams," 12 July 2018
On September 26, a match between Partizan Belgrade and Hajduk Split was interrupted as home fans waving Croatia's checkerboard flag invaded the pitch and Partizan players fled.

— lajla veselica and nicolas gaudichet, chicagotribune.com, "Croatia's World Cup quarterfinals run revives national pride," 5 July 2018
The Croats have not worn their white-and-red checkerboard shirts since their opener against Nigeria.

— ronald blum, The Seattle Times, "Can Southgate rouse England before Croatia match?," 9 July 2018
One is red and black checkerboard, and across the way from it is one with popsicle sticks, a la the park benches elsewhere in TSL.

— dewayne bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, "What we didn't tell you about Disney's Toy Story Land," 5 July 2018
Andrew Das: Croatia in anything but the checkerboard feels like a letdown, but that Perisic shot nearly makes everyone forget.

— tariq panja, New York Times, "Croatia Buries Argentina’s World Cup Hopes in a Deep Hole," 22 June 2018
Hundley looked up at the checkerboard of surveillance monitors just in time to see the tail lights of the fleeing Taurus.

— kyle hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, "The story of one Anchorage car theft — as told by both the victim and the thief," 1 July 2018
Her laptop screen was a checkerboard of restaurant images in real time.

— rick montgomery, kansascity, "Deported by ICE, Blue Line manager still runs hockey bar, prays with family every day," 10 June 2018
Virginia will join 32 states plus the District of Columbia that have expanded Medicaid on a checkerboard around the country that has been filling in during the past four years.

— laura vozzella, Washington Post, "Why the Trump administration made it easier for Virginia Republicans to expand Medicaid," 31 May 2018

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First Known Use of checkerboard

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in the meaning defined at sense 1

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CHECKERBOARD Defined for English Language Learners

checkerboard

noun

Definition of checkerboard for English Language Learners

: a board that is marked with squares of two different colors (such as white and black) and that is used in various games (such as checkers)
: something that has a pattern or arrangement of squares that looks like a checkerboard