scoreboard

noun

score·​board ˈskȯr-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce scoreboard (audio)
: a large board for displaying the score of a game or match

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The Wildcats like to push the pace and light up the scoreboard, having been held under 73 points just seven times all season. Tobias Bass, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025 In each of those periods, Indiana was behind on the scoreboard with 67 seconds left in the action. Tony East, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 Since 2001, the tournament has grossed $1.8 million, funding such amenities as a speaker and scoreboard for the soccer field, baseball and basketball scoreboards, uniforms and bags for the softball team, and 2023 SAC baseball State Champion celebrations and rings. Advertorial, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025 Never mind this year it will be played not at Kaiser Hall but at Mohegan Sun Arena, which wasn’t even built in 1992, with its flashing lights and fancy scoreboard and WNBA locker rooms. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scoreboard

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scoreboard was in 1826

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“Scoreboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoreboard. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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scoreboard

noun
score·​board ˈskō(ə)r-ˌbō(ə)rd How to pronounce scoreboard (audio)
ˈskȯ(ə)r-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a large board for displaying the score of a game or match
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