chess piece

See also: chesspiece and chess-piece

English

chess pieces

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chess piece (countable and uncountable, plural chess pieces)Category:English lemmas#CHESSPIECECategory:English nouns#CHESSPIECECategory:English uncountable nouns#CHESSPIECECategory:English countable nouns#CHESSPIECECategory:English countable nouns#CHESSPIECECategory:English multiword terms#CHESSPIECECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHESSPIECECategory:Pages with entries#CHESS%20PIECECategory:Pages with 1 entry#CHESS%20PIECE

  1. (chessCategory:en:Chess#CHESSPIECE) Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
    Synonym: chessman (now less common)
    Hypernyms: pieceCategory:English links with manual fragments#CHESS%20PIECE, objectCategory:English links with manual fragments#CHESS%20PIECE
  2. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#CHESSPIECE) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
    Hypernyms: manipuleeCategory:English links with manual fragments#CHESS%20PIECE < personCategory:English links with manual fragments#CHESS%20PIECE
    Near-synonym: pawn

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Chess pieces in English · chess pieces, chessmen (see also: chess) (layout · text)
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king queen rook, castle bishop knight pawn
Category:en:Chess

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