checkerboard
noun
check·er·board
ˈche-kər-ˌbȯrd 
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
Examples of checkerboard in a Sentence
The fields formed a checkerboard of light and dark squares.
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For the backsplash, Sam interspersed green tiles with white ones to create a retro checkerboard effect.
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Isabel Slone, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2024
Wang greets me in a white sweater and a cream checkerboard skirt on the restaurant’s ground floor, lively with customers yet intimate with the amber glow of tasseled lamps.
—Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
There’s no better time than fall to invest in some new mugs, and this checkerboard coffee mug is a great addition to your collection.
—Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
The clothes are scattered in four heaps of different sizes on the yellow-and-gray checkerboard of tiles that occupies almost the entire photo.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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Isabel Slone, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2024
Wang greets me in a white sweater and a cream checkerboard skirt on the restaurant’s ground floor, lively with customers yet intimate with the amber glow of tasseled lamps.
—Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
There’s no better time than fall to invest in some new mugs, and this checkerboard coffee mug is a great addition to your collection.
—Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
The clothes are scattered in four heaps of different sizes on the yellow-and-gray checkerboard of tiles that occupies almost the entire photo.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Checkerboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkerboard. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.
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checkerboard
noun
check·er·board
-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a board used in games and marked with 64 squares in two colors
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