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| chess1 |
a board game played by two people in which each player has sixteen pieces, and the object is to trap the opponent's king. |
| divide |
In mathematics, when you divide, you break up a number to find out how many times another number is contained in it. For example, you might find out how many twos are in sixteen or how many fives are in twenty-five. [1/4 definitions] |
| Jupiter |
the largest planet in the solar system and fifth in distance from the sun. Jupiter has sixteen moons and is more than one thousand times larger than Earth. [1/2 definitions] |
| ounce1 |
An ounce is a certain amount of weight. When something weighs one ounce, it is not heavy at all. A letter from your mailbox usually weighs one ounce or less. Sixteen ounces equals one pound. A short way of writing ounce or ounces is "oz." [1/3 definitions] |
| piece |
A piece is one of the small objects used in playing board games. In the game of chess, each player starts with sixteen pieces. [1/6 definitions] |
| pint |
a unit of measure equal to sixteen fluid ounces or one half quart. (abbreviated: pt.) |
| sixteen |
the number that comes after 15 and before 17 in the sequence of cardinal numbers; 16. [2/3 definitions] |
| sixteenth |
one of sixteen equal parts of a whole; 1/16. [1/3 definitions] |
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