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

Some that lasted or influenced trends today—ranch style homes and checkerboard floors—and others that thankfully did not. —Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025

The bear holds a bright red heart and sits on a checkerboard picnic blanket surrounded by flowers and more hearts. —Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 5 Feb. 2025

This checkerboard bolster pillow looks like if a checkerboard souk rug and a bolster pillow had a baby, combining to a very playful, lighthearted effect. —Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 14 Mar. 2025

Many of them moved into the heart of downtown Palm Springs in one of the Agua Caliente’s checkerboard squares known as Section 14. —Michael Albertus, TIME, 15 Jan. 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