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board game
n.
A game, such as chess or backgammon, that is played on a board and usually involves moving pieces around the board.
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board′ game`
n.
any game played on a board.
[1930–35]
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| Noun | 1. |  board game - a game played on a specially designed boardparlor game, parlour game - a game suitable for playing in a parlor Scrabble - a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game backgammon - a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice checkers, draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king Chinese checkers, Chinese chequers - a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point darts - a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard go game, go - a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters halma - a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases beano, bingo, keno, lotto - a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards ludo - a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice Monopoly - a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die pachisi, parchesi, parchisi - an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board shove-halfpenny, shove-ha'penny, shovel board - a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark snakes and ladders - a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes noughts and crosses, ticktacktoe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoo, tic-tac-toe, tit-tat-toe - a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does promote - be changed for a superior chess or checker piece |
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board game
noun
Board Games
acey-deucy, backgammon, bagatelle, chequers, chess, Chinese chequers, Cluedo (trademark), draughts, fox and geese, go or I-go, halma, kriegspiel, lightning chess, ludo, Monopoly (trademark), nine men's morris, Parcheesi (trademark), reversi, shove-halfpenny, snakes and ladders, solitaire, speed chessCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
stolní hra
brætspil
lautapeli
igra na ploči
ボードゲーム
보드 게임
brädspel
เกมส์ที่เล่นบนกระดาน
trò đánh cờ
board game
n → Brettspiel nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
board game
n → gioco da tavoloCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
board game
→ لَعْبَة أَلْواح stolní hra brætspil Brettspiel επιτραπέζιο παιχνίδι juego de mesa lautapeli jeu de société igra na ploči gioco da tavolo ボードゲーム 보드 게임 bordspel brettspill gra planszowa jogo de tabuleiro настольная игра brädspel เกมส์ที่เล่นบนกระดาน aile oyunları trò đánh cờ 棋类游戏Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009