A dialogue about can That’s the bit of the can that drops down into the drink when we pull the tab. Yeah, hopefully. Sometimes the tab just breaks off. I know. Anyway the opening is scored so that it pushes in easily but doesn’t detach itself. OK, we can show that by drawing a shadow of it inside the can, like this I’ll label it scored opening. what's the meaning of "score" or "scored opening"? I did not find interpretation online.