CHESS PIECE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chess piece mean? 

• CHESS PIECE (noun)
  The noun CHESS PIECE has 1 sense:

1. any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess

  Familiarity information: CHESS PIECE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHESS PIECE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chess piece; chessman

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)