chess
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- IPA /t͡ʃɛs/
Noun
chess noun
- 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.
chess noun
- Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
chess noun
- (chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
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