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chess

  • noun
  • chĕs

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

Other meanings

  1. One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

  2. Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

Example sentences

  • “Never play chess with a pigeon.”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

  • “Don't play chess with a pigeon.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “She's playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers.”

    Tatoeba · hecko2 · CC0

Word history

From Arabic "شَاه" (king [in chess]).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “chess” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.