checkerboard

UK: /ˈtʃɛkə^rbɔː^rd/

US: /ˈtʃɛkɚˌbɔrd/

US: (chek′ər bôrd′, -bōrd′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

check•er•board /ˈtʃɛkɚˌbɔrd/   n. [countable]

1. Chess, Games a board marked into 64 squares of two colors, in eight vertical and eight horizontal rows, on which checkers or chess is played.
2. a design resembling this.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

check•er•board  (chek′ər bôrd′, -bōrd′), n. 

1. Chess a board marked off into 64 squares of two alternating colors, arranged in eight vertical and eight horizontal rows, on which checkers or chess is played.
2. a design resembling this:
   The garden was laid out in a checkerboard.

v.t. 

3. to arrange in or mark with a checkerboard pattern:
   a wall checkerboarded with black and white tiles.
   Also called,[Brit.,] draughtboard (for def. 1).

• checker¹ + board 1765–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

checkerboard / ˈtʃɛkəˌbɔːd/ noun

1. a square board divided into 64 squares of alternating colours, used for playing checkers or chess
   Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): draughtboard