Meaning | Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game / game of chess. |
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Synonym | chess piece |
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Part of | chess set | checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess |
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Narrower | bishop | (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color |
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castle, rook | (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard |
king | (chess) the weakest but the most important piece |
knight, horse | A chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse |
pawn | (chess) the least powerful piece |
queen | (chess) the most powerful piece |
Broader | man, piece | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games |
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Spanish | pieza de ajedrez, pieza del ajedrez, trebejo |
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Catalan | peça d'escacs, peces escacs |
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