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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Nearly 30 years before the prodigious young soccer player made his mark on this World Cup, the Freeman name flashed across a Seattle scoreboard after a productive day in another kind of football. Rick Maese, Washington Post, 20 June 2026 This is an infrastructure bet dressed as a wellness brand, and the scoreboard for it won't be a launch video. Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Shinnecock was still a brute of a test, but the red numbers on the white scoreboard were an unfamiliar site for this course. Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 But Moreno said her rec centers have huge needs, citing the lack of a scoreboard at Montgomery-Waller and inadequate dugouts at Memorial’s ballpark. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for scoreboard

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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 22 Jun. 2026.

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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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