First Known Use: 1913
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box score
noun
: a small chart that shows the players, score, and other details of a baseball game
Full 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
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Origin of BOX SCORE
from its arrangement in a newspaper box
Rhymes with BOX SCORE
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