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
Stovall also chugged around and slid head first into home and was called safe by home plate umpire Chris Coskey.
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Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
Back then, the park may have merely consisted of first-, second- and third-base diamonds, a home plate and a pitcher’s mound set in a large patch of grass, McKee surmised.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
The Death Cab for Cutie frontman stood just in front of home plate to sing the national anthem.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
As he was swarmed by teammates by the UF dugout, home plate umpire Brian Miller ejected him for excessive celebration because of the bat flip.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2024
One inning earlier, Heim was involved at a controversial play at home plate that gave the Cubs a temporary 3-2 lead.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024
Down below, the full choreography of the game is on display, offering a panoramic view shunned by the movie stars and moguls who fill the sections behind home plate.
—Tim Arango Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
And Harvey popped out of the ground near home plate to deliver fresh baseballs to the umpire.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
On tap in Gallagher Square and within the Craft Beers of San Diego area on the main concourse behind home plate on Field Level.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
Back then, the park may have merely consisted of first-, second- and third-base diamonds, a home plate and a pitcher’s mound set in a large patch of grass, McKee surmised.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
The Death Cab for Cutie frontman stood just in front of home plate to sing the national anthem.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
As he was swarmed by teammates by the UF dugout, home plate umpire Brian Miller ejected him for excessive celebration because of the bat flip.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2024
One inning earlier, Heim was involved at a controversial play at home plate that gave the Cubs a temporary 3-2 lead.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024
Down below, the full choreography of the game is on display, offering a panoramic view shunned by the movie stars and moguls who fill the sections behind home plate.
—Tim Arango Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
And Harvey popped out of the ground near home plate to deliver fresh baseballs to the umpire.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
On tap in Gallagher Square and within the Craft Beers of San Diego area on the main concourse behind home plate on Field Level.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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