checked

Adjective

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Adjective (1)

  1. patterned with alternating squares of colorSynonyms: checkeredchequeredOpposite plainSimilar patterned
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

checked (chĕkt), adjective

1. Held back from some action especially by force. Syn. — curbed.

2. having a pattern of alternating dark and light squares in rows and columns. Syn. — checkered.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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