'rook' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'rook' with 3 example sentences.
- rook noun
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: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- rook verb
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: deprive of by deceit
In castling, the king as well as a rook is moved.
I checkmated my opponent by using my two rooks.
To the crow family belong the raven, the rook and the magpie.