noun / verb
checker
A square in a pattern of alternating colors, or to make such a pattern.
Black and white checkers form a regular pattern across the tiled floor.
Etymology
The older word names a chessboard. Its alternating squares supplied the pattern sense, and the verb means arranging a surface into comparable contrasting squares.
More examples
- The designer checkered the cloth with alternating red and blue squares.
- A single yellow checker interrupts the dark pattern.
- She is checkering the border with small contrasting squares.
Forms
checker · checkers · checkered · checkering
Similar words
- stripe
- A stripe is a band; checker refers to a square in an alternating pattern.