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

With no outs and the Royals’ Josh Rojas on first in the bottom of the ninth, the Royals’ Tyler Tolbert laid down a sacrifice bunt that rolled right in front of home plate. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 July 2026

Each base represented one of the ballpark’s first three All-Star Games, and home plate symbolized the 2027 All-Star Game. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

The 50/70 is a transitional league for players 13 and under, with the distance between the pitching rubber and home plate moving up to 50 feet and the basepaths moving up to 70 feet. — Cal Phillips july 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

The right-hander struck out Isaac Paredes looking and got Christian Walker to pop out foul behind home plate to pick up his first major league win. — ABC News, 17 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for home plate

• abdicate
• abrogate
• acetate
• activate
• actuate
• aggravate
• agitate
• alginate
• alienate
• allocate
• amputate
• angulate

Kids Definition

home plate

noun

: the base where a baseball batter stands and which a base runner must touch in order to score