Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chequering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: che-quer-ing
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of chequer

adj

That chequers something in pattern.

noun

A chequered pattern.

Example Sentences

"[…] Above, the azure sky was glowing, Beneath, the flood, like silver flowing, Around in chequering light and shade, Her hues delighted Spring display'd; […]"
"What awful perspective! while from our sight / With gradual stealth the lateral windows hide / Their Portraitures, their stone-work glimmers, dyed / In the soft chequerings of a sleepy light."

Inflected Forms

more chequering (comparative) most chequering (superlative) chequerings (plural)

Questions

What does chequering mean?: present participle and gerund of chequer

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