scoreboard

noun

score·​board ˈskȯr-ˌbȯrd 

: a large board for displaying the score of a game or match

Examples of scoreboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This year, the ticket tax funneled $4 million back into Moda, which helped offset the team’s $10 million scoreboard upgrade last summer. — Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 30 July 2026

The Royals said kind things about Spencer last year too when the team called him up to mow part the lawn behind the CrownVision scoreboard in preparation for Opening Day. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

While runs will carry over from inning to inning in baseball, that’s not the case here — the first inning could see one team outscore the other 8-2, but the scoreboard will simply show 1-0. — Idaho Statesman, 27 July 2026

New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis suggests that scoreboard was miscounting the game entirely. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scoreboard

• checkerboard
• clavichord
• fiberboard
• fibreboard
• fingerboard
• harpsichord
• motherboard
• notochord
• overboard
• overlord
• paperboard
• plasterboard

Kids Definition

scoreboard

noun

score·​board ˈskō(ə)r-ˌbō(ə)rd 

ˈskȯ(ə)r-ˌbȯ(ə)rd

: a large board for displaying the score of a game or match