chequer Definition
chequer (c̸hek′ər)
noun, transitive verb
Brit. checker
chequer Usage Examples
Object
- flag: A short distance ahead, Edgar took the checkered flag to confirm his second victory of the season.
- history: Or where the often checkered history of religion can be held up to the light.
- career: The brothers appear to have had rather checkered careers at Queen s ' .
- past: Like the Avebury stone circle, Avebury Manor has had a checkered past.
- pattern: The checkered pattern from the same arms, is an heraldic reference to the Chess Valley.
- floor: He stood, helplessly, in the middle of the checkered floor looking pathetic.
Converse of object
- halve: Word Perfect Eye halve a spelling checker Witch lodes in my pea see.
- have: Spell Checker I have a spelling checker It came with my pea see It plainly marks four my revue Miss steaks eye cannot see.
- call: My teacher told me about some place all the politicians go to " hang out " called chequers or checkers?
Adjective complement
past: How do we approach the subject of Antonio Caliendo's rather checkered past with him at our meeting in a couple of days time?
Modifying Another Word
- somewhat: The Net has, after all, a somewhat checkered history.
- rather: The brothers appear to have had rather checkered careers at Queen s ' .
- very: For ELISA comes to us with a very checkered history.
Modifies a noun
- plate: The standard front footwell mats are replaced with a checker plate design with the Land Rover logo embossed in the rubber.
- board: Chess is a musical about an intellectual game played with small pieces on a checker board.
- pattern: You will be asked to look at the center of a television screen that has a moving black and white checker board pattern.
- work: A good example of East Anglian building is the Guildhall, whose frontage is of checker work in limestone with flint.
- brick: The side parts are checker brick and have some wooden cross-windows.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near chequer
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