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chequer

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /ˈtʃɛkə/

Noun

chequer noun

  1. One who checks or verifies something.
  2. One who makes a check mark.
  3. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.“There was a long line at the grocery store because the checker was so slow.”
  4. One who hinders or stops something.

Noun

chequer noun

  1. A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).
  2. A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.

Verb

chequer verb

  1. To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
  2. To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.

Noun

chequer noun

  1. The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis

Noun

chequer noun

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

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