scoreboard

American  

[skawr-bawrd, skohr-bohrd] / ˈskɔrˌbɔrd, ˈskoʊrˌboʊrd /

noun

• scoreboards
  plural

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.

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scoreboard British  

/ ˈskɔːˌbɔːd /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• scoreboards
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of scoreboard

First recorded in 1820–30; score + board

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

scoreboard scoreboards

And when England had to chase the scoreboard after their defeat by Tonga - while hoping results elsewhere went in their favour - it left them in trouble.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The two sides had surpassed 100 points on the scoreboard with 15 minutes remaining and continued to showcase unstoppable, attacking flair as the play went end-to-end.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

By the usual scoreboard, that is a win.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

By the third inning, the temperature reading atop the left-field scoreboard peaked at 103 degrees, matching the highest first-pitch temperature at 64-year-old Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Miles stood beneath the scoreboard, his back to me.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

My auditing firm tracks many additional newsletters that have outperformed those on my firm’s honor roll — as you can see from these performance scoreboards.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

By Golesh’s last season, the fastest team in the country was lighting up scoreboards to the tune of 40 points per game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Robert "Madyar" Brovdi's underground command post features walls of blinking screens playing footage of Ukrainian drones attacking Russian troops, frontline maps, and scoreboards of destroyed targets.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Another change at Wimbledon this year will be the addition of visual indicators on scoreboards to complement the audio calls produced by ELC.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

All the arrangements as to scoreboards, and accommodation for players, members of the club and general spectators, vary considerably according to local requirements.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

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