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home plate
noun
: a 5-sided rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond at which a batter stands when batting and which must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Examples of home plate in a Sentence
The runner was tagged out at home plate.
Recent Examples on the Web
In the at-bat after Branham’s conversation with the home plate umpire, Bojorquez-Nava doubled and brought home Kaliya Yco to cut the Monterey lead to two runs.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
Living, breathing human home plate umpires might keep their jobs longer than anticipated.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
The fan was at Toronto's Rogers Centre on Friday, May 17, when Jays shortstop Bo Bichette hit the foul ball, which eluded the safety netting behind home plate and was clocked at a blistering 110 mph.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
Mookie Betts also shot a single to the opposite field and Shohei Ohtani loaded the bases with a walk, ball four coming on a questionable call by home plate umpire Carlos Torres.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 20 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined above
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
home plate
noun
: the base where a baseball batter stands and which a base runner must touch in order to score
More from Merriam-Webster on home plate
Nglish: Translation of home plate for Spanish Speakers
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