chessman
English Thesaurus
1. any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | man, piece, |
| definition | : | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bishop, |
| definition | : | (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | castle, rook, |
| definition | : | (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | king, |
| definition | : | (chess) the weakest but the most important piece (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | horse, knight, |
| definition | : | a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pawn, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | queen, |
| definition | : | (chess) the most powerful piece (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | chess set, |
| definition | : | checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess (noun.group) |
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