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scoreboard

[skawr-bawrd, skohr-bohrd]

noun

  1. a large, usually rectangular board in a ballpark, sports arena, or the like, that shows the score of a contest and often other relevant facts and figures, as the count of balls and strikes on a baseball batter.



scoreboard

/ ˈɔːˌɔː /

noun

  1. sport a board for displaying the score of a game or match

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scoreboard1

First recorded in 1820–30; score + board
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Example Sentences

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A couple of hours before their team’s 6-2 loss to the Giants on Friday night, a commercial featuring an upcoming promotion was shown on the Dodger Stadium video scoreboard.

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For the next 98 minutes, fans scattered for shelter and watched the Knicks’ playoff game on the stadium scoreboard.

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“And literally in that moment, a lightbulb moment, it’s like, it’s the scoreboard, right?”

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The scoreboard in Crypto.com Arena showed highlights of Doncic and James, their No. 77 and No. 23 uniforms adding up to 100, with just three minutes to go and the Lakers down two.

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He thoroughly enjoyed watching his teammates put crooked numbers on the scoreboard.

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