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.
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As the Silicon Valley area south of San Francisco sprawls outward, this checkerboard pattern of settlement has fragmented the natural landscape, creating a hard-to-manage public health threat.
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Sean Lawrence, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
Standing out upon entry is a black-and-white checkerboard foyer, which has a space beneath the stairs that’s been converted into a wine closet.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 19 May 2025
That monumental court decision confirmed the legality of corner-crossing, the act of stepping from one public parcel to another when those parcels meet at a common corner with two private parcels in a checkerboard pattern.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 May 2025
Or Marie Antoinette’s Versailles checkerboard floor of marble tiles without the checkerboard.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025
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Sean Lawrence, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
Standing out upon entry is a black-and-white checkerboard foyer, which has a space beneath the stairs that’s been converted into a wine closet.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 19 May 2025
That monumental court decision confirmed the legality of corner-crossing, the act of stepping from one public parcel to another when those parcels meet at a common corner with two private parcels in a checkerboard pattern.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 May 2025
Or Marie Antoinette’s Versailles checkerboard floor of marble tiles without the checkerboard.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Checkerboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkerboard. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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checkerboard
noun
check·er·board
-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a board used in games and marked with 64 squares in two colors
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