Chess

Quick meaning: Chess is a noun meaning (now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

Meaning

(now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

More Meanings

1. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
2. (military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

Example Sentences

ach chess consists of three planks.

FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view.

the balks are laid and covered with chesses to within 1 foot of the trestle

At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabullet chess players in the world.

Word Forms

• chesses

Synonyms for chess

Depending on context, synonyms include cheat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cheat, chessboard, check, game, failed, failure.

Related Dictionary Tools