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.
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Kansas City Royals hitting coach Alec Zumwalt had enough of home plate umpire Paul Clemons on Thursday night.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
That their pitchers aren’t quicker to home plate or varying their looks is giving neither catcher much of a chance to catch anyone.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Freeland covered home plate and was upended by Schwarber as Freeland tried to make the tag on a throw back to the plate from Toglia.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
On both Thursday and Friday night at Dodger Stadium, a common refrain echoed from the home plate escalators as the crowd was filing out.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
That their pitchers aren’t quicker to home plate or varying their looks is giving neither catcher much of a chance to catch anyone.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Freeland covered home plate and was upended by Schwarber as Freeland tried to make the tag on a throw back to the plate from Toglia.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
On both Thursday and Friday night at Dodger Stadium, a common refrain echoed from the home plate escalators as the crowd was filing out.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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