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Chess

Chess Meaning & Definition
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.

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