What does CHESS mean?

Definitions for CHESStʃɛs

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus(noun)


  2. chess, chess game(noun)


Webster Dictionary

  1. Chess(noun)

    a game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns

  2. Chess(noun)

    a species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus

  3. Origin: [OE. ches, F. checs, prop. pl. of chec check. See 1st Check.]


  1. Chess


Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Chess

    ches, n. a game of skill for two persons or parties, played with figures or 'pieces,' which are moved on a chequered board.—n. Chess′-board, the board on which chess is played.—n.pl. Chess′-men, pieces used in chess. [Fr. échecs; It. scacchi; Ger. schach. Orig. from Pers. sháh, a king.]

  2. Chess

    ches, n. one of the parallel planks of a pontoon-bridge—generally in pl.

Editors Contribution

  1. chess

    Is a board game of strategy where two players players play each other according to specific rules, on a specific type of board with a specific number of chess piece.

    Chess is popular in many countries and they still hold chess championships.


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CHESS in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CHESS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

  1. Anonymous:

    If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.

  2. Ralph Charell:


  3. Raymond Chandler:


  4. Tony Robbins:

    I don't want people to be pawns in someone else's game anymore, I want them to be the chess players.

  5. Guajardo Sr.:

    Chess is really big down there. Really, really big. There are chess stores. It's like a whole little economy has grown up around it.

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