°A two-player
board game played with a board of eight rows of eight squares of alternating colours and 16
pieces for each player: eight
pawns, two
knights, two
rooks, two
bishops, a
queen and a
king; the aim is to get the opponent's king in a position on the board such that it cannot avoid being captured (the state known as
checkmate).
°(now _ chiefly US) A type of
grass, generally considered a
weed.