: a game for 2 players each of whom moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate the opponent's king
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: a weedy annual European bromegrass (Bromus secalinus) widely naturalized in North America as a weed especially in grain
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: any of several weedy bromegrasses related to chess
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