Chess set (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chessplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("chess set" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Meronyms (parts of "chess set"):

chess board; chessboard (a checkerboard used to play chess)

chess piece; chessman (any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess)

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