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    DRAUGHTS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's piecesplay

    Synonyms:

    checkers; draughts

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("draughts" is a kind of...):

    board game (a game played on a specially designed board)

    Meronyms (parts of "draughts"):

    checker board; checkerboard (a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors)

    Domain member category:

    black ((board games) the darker pieces)

    checker; chequer (one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers)

    king (a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward)

    white ((board games) the lighter pieces)

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