Definition of "checkerboard" [check•er•board]

• A board on which chess and checkers are played, divided into 64 squares of two alternating colors. (noun)

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• ""We know that the flashing checkerboard is a very salient stimulus for just the visual processing areas of the brain," she says."
• "Because the land ownership was "checkerboard" - meaning the private property was interspersed with public parcels - its preservation will keep intact a much larger swath of the so-called Crown of the"
• ""If it resulted in the so-called checkerboard, that can't be optimal," Daniels said, adding that his preference is that the referendum be county by county, rather than township by township."