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Meanings of chess piece in English

Russian
шахматные фигуры
Portuguese
peças do xadrez
Spanish
piezas de ajedrez
Catalan
peces d'escacs
Wikidata

Piece deployed on a chessboard and moved during the game.

        шахматные фигуры
        Portuguese
        peças de xadrez
        Catalan
        peça d'escacs

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

              peças de xadrez
              Synonyms
              Examples for "chessman"
              Examples for "chessman"
              1
              The chessman fell from her hand and bounced on the floor.
              Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
              2
              One battleship was one unit, one chessman on the naval board.
              My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
              3
              Only the fact must be faced and realized, and the new chessman's moves recognized.
              The Canadian Commonwealth
              4
              He bent over, apparently to pick up the chessman.
              The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
              5
              Why, he doesn't look any larger than a chessman.
              The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
              Usage of chess piece in English
              1
              She felt like a chess piece in a game she could not control.
              The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
              2
              Bluetooth stands me back up again like a fallen chess piece.
              Soon I will be invincible
              3
              He retrieved the chess piece again, tossing it to her as she stood frozen.
              Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
              4
              Acting unfazed, she moved a mental chess piece, a pawn.
              Frozen Heat
              5
              One chess piece in motion, another couple to go.
              Hostile intent
              6
              He appeared to her like a giant chess piece.
              Atonement
              7
              It looked like an oncoming storm, but it had the distinct shape of a chess piece.
              Ancient shores
              8
              I believe you brought me here to tell you which chess piece took the white knight.
              The Flanders Panel
              9
              She knelt, careful to avoid the spreading red slick as she picked up the blood-flecked chess piece.
              A Darker Shade of Magic
              10
              He closed his eyes, thought of his own face carved on an ivory chess piece, opened them again.
              Carrion comfort
              11
              It was a chess piece.
              A Darker Shade of Magic
              12
              Horror ran livid across Adem's wife's face but Kerem Ali Pasha's mother looked as if she was studying a new chess piece.
              The devil she knows
              13
              A medieval chess piece missing for almost 200 years has sold for £735,000 (€819,000) at auction.
              The Irish Times
              14
              I try to let go of the chess piece, but my fingers are clamped around it so tightly I'm beginning to lose sensation.
              Down On The Farm
              15
              I grab the chess piece, but Nurse Ratchet lunges in the blink of an eye and has my wrist in a vise-like grip.
              Down On The Farm
              16
              He laughed and fired again, and one last tower, one last chess piece, took fire, ignited, and in blue flinders went up to the stars.
              The Martian Chronicles