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chess

/t͡ʃɛs/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
  2. Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
  3. (chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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