chessboard

noun

chess·​board ˈches-ˌbȯrd 

: a checkerboard used in the game of chess

Examples of chessboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The collection launches Thursday, and is selling across both brands’ stores and websites, with prices ranging from 210 pounds for the notebooks to 850 pounds for the roll-up chessboard. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Then, last month, Kroenke agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, adding yet another piece to the family chessboard. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026

Advertisement Board chair Bret Taylor likens the AI competition to a chessboard whose critical squares include frontier capability, the price and performance of each token, and the products wrapped around the models. — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

The utter carnage that follows brings major developments for all the main characters still on the chessboard — and many gruesome deaths by dragon fire, boiling oil, spikes and even catapults. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chessboard

• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword