box score

box score

noun

Definition of BOX SCORE

: a printed score of a game (as baseball) giving the names and positions of the players and a record of the play arranged in tabular form; broadly : total count : summary

Examples of BOX SCORE

1. reading the box scores in the newspaper

Origin of BOX SCORE

from its arrangement in a newspaper box

First Known Use: 1913

Rhymes with BOX SCORE

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