Definition of score

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of score is as below...

Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..

Lern More About Score

Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Twelvescore :: Twelvescore (n. & a.) Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Sevenscore :: Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty..
Sulcation :: Sulcated (a.) Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem..
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield..
Love :: Love (n.) Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..
Set :: Set (n.) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce..
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
Score :: Score (n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.
Sixscore :: Sixscore (a. & n.) Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.
Hundred :: Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C..
Deuce :: Deuce (n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned 40 all), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game..
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding..
Sixty :: Sixty (a.) Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
Score :: Score (n.) An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us