/ Dictionary / Index C chess: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: chess Pronunciation: (ches), [key] — n. a game played by two persons, each with 16 pieces, on a chessboard. chess Pronunciation: (ches), [key] — pl. chess, chess•es. one of the planks forming the roadway of a floating bridge. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: chess (Thesaurus) Chesnutt chessboard Related Content Daily Word Quiz: fresco Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language