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.

Recent Examples on the Web

This mobile bar crisscrosses the room’s checkerboard floor with the growling rumble of a subway train. —Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025

During the Keeping Up With the Kardashians days, superfans immediately associated Kris Jenner’s black-and-white checkerboard foyer with the family. —Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025

David Wileman, who ran the place after Skull died, said Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson all jumped on the checkerboard stage at Skull's Rainbow Room for an impromptu performance one night in 1969. —Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025

Vittoria Ceretti incorporated skate culture into her Milan Fashion Week wardrobe on Friday, wearing Vans’ checkerboard slip-ons while passing through the airport. —Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for checkerboard

• clavichord
• fiberboard
• fibreboard
• fingerboard
• harpsichord
• motherboard
• notochord
• overboard
• overlord
• paperboard
• plasterboard
• shuffleboard

Kids Definition

checkerboard

noun

check·​er·​board -ˌbō(ə)rd 

-ˌbȯ(ə)rd

: a board used in games and marked with 64 squares in two colors