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Chess Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chess? [n] a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king [n] weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chess: Bromus secalinus \| cheat \| chess game Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chess: archery \| association football \| backgammon \| badminton \| bagatelle \| ball \| bandy \| baseball \| basketball \| battledore and shuttlecock \| beano \| billiards \| bingo \| bowling \| bowls \| boxing \| cat \| catch \| charades \| checkers \| climbing \| crambo \| cricket \| croquet \| curling \| discus \| dominoes \| draughts \| fencing \| fishing \| fives \| football \| ghost \| gliding \| go \| golf \| handball \| hide-and-seek \| hiking \| hockey \| hopscotch \| horseshoes \| hunting \| hurdling \| ice hockey \| jacks \| jackstones \| jackstraws \| keno \| lacrosse \| lawn tennis \| leapfrog \| lotto \| luging \| marbles \| merels \| Monopoly \| motorcycling \| mountaineering \| mumble-the-peg \| ninepins \| pall-mall \| pallone \| pelota \| Ping-Pong \| polo \| pool \| post office \| pushball \| pyramids \| quintain \| quoits \| racquets \| riding \| roller skating \| rounders \| rowing \| Rugby \| sailing \| sailplaning \| Scrabble \| sculling \| shinny \| shooting \| shot-put \| shuffleboard \| skating \| skeet \| skeet shooting \| skiing \| ski-jumping \| skin-diving \| skittles \| sledding \| snooker \| snorkel diving \| snowmobiling \| soccer \| softball \| sports \| squash \| stickball \| surfing \| table tennis \| tennis \| tenpins \| tent pegging \| tetherball \| ticktacktoe \| tiddlywinks \| tilting \| tipcat \| tivoli \| tobogganing \| trapshooting \| tug of war \| volleyball \| water polo \| waterskiing \| wrestling See Also \| board game \| brome \| bromegrass \| checkerboard \| chess move \| shogi Chess In Webster's Dictionary \Chess\, n. [OE. ches, F. ['e]checs, prop. pl. of ['e]chec check. See 1st {Check}.] A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns. \Chess\, n. (Bot.) A species of brome grass ({Bromus secalinus}) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also {cheat} and {Willard's bromus}. [U. S.] Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess, soft chess, etc.

Chess Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chess?

[n] a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
[n] weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chess: Bromus secalinus | cheat | chess game

Chess In Webster's Dictionary

\Chess\, n. [OE. ches, F. ['e]checs, prop. pl. of ['e]chec
check. See 1st {Check}.]
A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two
differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each
player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two
castles or rooks, and eight pawns.


\Chess\, n. (Bot.)
A species of brome grass ({Bromus secalinus}) which is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously
regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very
slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with
wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic
effects; -- called also {cheat} and {Willard's bromus}. [U.
S.]

Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess,
      soft chess, etc.

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