Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chessboardlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chess-board-like
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a chessboard.

Example Sentences

"A large chessboardlike aquarium was made, which contained 25 separate compartments 15 × 15 × 15 cm in size."

Etymology

From chessboard + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chessboard

Inflected Forms

more chessboardlike (comparative) most chessboardlike (superlative)

Questions

What does chessboardlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a chessboard.
Where does chessboardlike come from?: From chessboard + -like.

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