chequer

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtʃɛkə/

Noun

chequer (plural chequers)

1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
2. Alternative spelling of checker (in certain senses only)

Verb

chequer (chequers, present participle chequering; past and past participle chequered)

1. Alternative spelling of checker

   • Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood.

   • 1840-41, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge

     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.

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