chequer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
22
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃɛkə/
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/ˈt͡ʃɛkə/ · /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/

Definition of chequer

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
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noun

  1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
  2. (UK, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of checker.

verb

  1. (UK, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of checker.
    “Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood.”
    “A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

See checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”

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