scoreboard

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈskɔˌrbɔrd/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A large board, typically electronic, that displays the current score and other relevant information during a sporting event or competition.; A board or display used to keep track of scores in any competitive activity, including games, quizzes, or contests.; A figurative or metaphorical measure of progress, success, or results in a non-sporting context.; A physical board on which scores are manually recorded, often using chalk or markers, as in a pub or recreational venue.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: scoreboards

Collocations

electronic scoreboardscoreboard showslook at the scoreboardscoreboard operatorput on the scoreboard

Synonyms

score sheettally boarddisplay boardscore panel

Commonly confused

scorecard
EN: 'scorecard' is a card used to record individual scores (e.g., in golf); 'scoreboard' is a large display showing the current score of a game for spectators.

Spelling tips

EN: Written as one word ('scoreboard'), not two ('score board'). The compound is fully closed in standard usage.

💬 Examples

  1. The scoreboard showed the home team leading by three points with two minutes remaining.

  2. She updated the scoreboard after each round of the trivia quiz.

  3. The company's quarterly earnings report served as a scoreboard for the CEO's performance.

  4. He wiped the chalk from the scoreboard and wrote down the new totals for the darts match.