chequer

English

Chequers

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

Derived terms

• chequer tree

Verb

chequer (third-person singular simple present chequers, present participle chequering, simple past and past participle chequered)

1. Alternative spelling of checker
   • Addison

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

   • 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.