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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But the field needs a new scoreboard, seating behind home plate and, ideally, indoor training facilities that would allow kids of all ages to use it all year round. —

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024 The lucky finder/recipient will have to decide whether to sit behind home plate or next to the social media darling. —

Dan Freedman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 Clarke took off as if fleeing a burning building and crossed home plate just behind his teammate as the ball fell into the fielder’s glove to end the inning. —

Chuck Murr, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 During Game 1 of the World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees in Los Angeles Friday night, a woman sitting behind home plate appeared to be wearing a MAGA hat, sparking a flurry of reactions on the internet. —

Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home plate