Meaning

1 senses
  1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.

More definitions
  • one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He has a chequered past.

    deEr hat eine bewegte Vergangenheit.

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  2. Tom has a chequered past.

    deTom hat eine bewegte Vergangenheit.

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  3. From a bird's-eye view, Los Angeles looks like a chequered carpet.

    ruС высоты птичьего полета Лос-Анджелес похож на клетчатый ковёр.

    deAus der Vogelperspektive sieht Los Angeles wie ein karierter Teppich aus.

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Origin

See checker.

See checker.

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Forms

plural: chequers
Singularchequer
Pluralchequers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers:checker

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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