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'rook' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'rook' with 3 example sentences.


rook noun

: (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

: 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.
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