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CHESS PIECE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Synonyms:
chess piece; chessman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chess piece" is a kind of...):
man; piece (game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chess piece"):
bishop ((chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color)
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)
horse; knight (a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa))
pawn ((chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank)
queen ((chess) the most powerful piece)
Holonyms ("chess piece" is a part of...):
chess set (checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess)
