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
The trick is that each component lingers long enough to make any change feel like an event; checkerboard red-and-green switches to green-on-black, then green-on-black but with stutters of white and red.
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
End grain is made by using the ends of the planks, creating a checkerboard effect.
—Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2024
Take, for example, a sprawling camp in Season 2 that had a budget of $50,000 and ended up having a life-size, outdoor checkerboard.
—Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Photo : Savills The main reception hall features an elegant black-and-white checkerboard marble floor and a grand staircase.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024
Kocaeli is an industrial port town about 100 kilometers east of Istanbul surrounded by a checkerboard of tobacco and sugar beet fields, petrochemical plants, and paper mills.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
Both siblings wore matching blue-and-white checkerboard pajamas, which featured smiley faces and rock n' roll tongues.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Unsurprisingly, it’s been in continual production, and has been deeply influential: Ikea’s Frosta was widely considered to be an offshoot, and the streetwear brand Supreme collaborated with Artek on a 2017 version with a checkerboard motif.
—Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
And in 2001, Victoria Beckham cheered on her husband David’s Premier League game in look that would be more appropriate for a totally different sport: a black leather jacket with blue and white racing stripes, checkerboard jeans, and aviators.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
End grain is made by using the ends of the planks, creating a checkerboard effect.
—Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2024
Take, for example, a sprawling camp in Season 2 that had a budget of $50,000 and ended up having a life-size, outdoor checkerboard.
—Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Photo : Savills The main reception hall features an elegant black-and-white checkerboard marble floor and a grand staircase.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024
Kocaeli is an industrial port town about 100 kilometers east of Istanbul surrounded by a checkerboard of tobacco and sugar beet fields, petrochemical plants, and paper mills.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
Both siblings wore matching blue-and-white checkerboard pajamas, which featured smiley faces and rock n' roll tongues.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Unsurprisingly, it’s been in continual production, and has been deeply influential: Ikea’s Frosta was widely considered to be an offshoot, and the streetwear brand Supreme collaborated with Artek on a 2017 version with a checkerboard motif.
—Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
And in 2001, Victoria Beckham cheered on her husband David’s Premier League game in look that would be more appropriate for a totally different sport: a black leather jacket with blue and white racing stripes, checkerboard jeans, and aviators.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
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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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