Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
chessboard .
Etymologies
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chessboard + -like
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Examples
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The game players are arranged on a chessboardlike array it can be in three dimensions, of course, or even more.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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Instead, working from Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan's intelligent script, this terrifically talented director " Let the Right One In" distills the novel's essence, finding images, as with the Circus's chessboardlike walls, that express what the film's words and characters don't.
NYT > Home Page By MANOHLA DARGIS 2011
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