Lexic.us

Definition of Chess

1. Noun. Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.

2. Noun. A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king.

Definition of Chess

1. n. A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.

2. n. A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus.

Definition of Chess

1. Noun. A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king. ¹

2. Noun. (context: now chiefly US) A type of grass, generally considered a weed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chess

1. a weed [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chess

chervonets chervontsy chesed cheshire cheshires cheshirization chesible chesibles chesil chesils

cheslip cheslips chesnut chesnuts chesounable chess (current term) chess-apple chess-clock chess boxing chess clock

chess club chess compositions chess game chess master chess masters chess match chess move chess piece chess pieces chess player

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