CHECKERWORK


Meaning of CHECKERWORK in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : work with a checkered pattern : work marked by checks : checkered design

a checkerwork of light and shadow

2. : sequence of changing fortune : vicissitude

the checkerwork of our lives

3. : a structure of firebrick (as in a regenerative furnace) built so that the bricks alternate with open spaces permitting the passage of gases which give heat to or receive heat from the firebrick

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.