chequers

check·er

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Definitions of chequers word

noun chequers an estate and country house in S England, in central Buckinghamshire: the official country residence of the British prime minister 3
noun chequers a small, usually red or black disk of plastic or wood, used in playing checkers. 1
noun chequers checkers. Also called, British, draughts. (used with a singular verb) a game played by two persons, each with 12 playing pieces, on a checkerboard. (in a regenerative furnace) loosely stacked brickwork through which furnace gases and incoming air are passed in turn, so that the heat of the exhaust is absorbed and later transferred to the incoming air. 1
noun chequers a checkered pattern. 1
noun chequers one of the squares of a checkered pattern. 1
verb with object chequers to mark like a checkerboard. 1

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English checker chessboard < Anglo-French escheker (by aphesis), equivalent to eschec check1 + -er -er2

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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