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
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The runner was tagged out at home plate.
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Altuve starts his hitting motion with a high lift of his front leg and then plants that foot closer to home plate.
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Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
An instructor named Josiah Shepherd sits on a bucket while a student-umpire calls balls and strikes behind home plate.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
All chainlink fencing will be removed from the entire field and replaced with new chainlink fencing, and there also will be a backstop netting system installed behind home plate, said Don Scheltens, executive director of the Clarendon Hills Park District.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Shown alongside a painting of a baseball home plate.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
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Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
An instructor named Josiah Shepherd sits on a bucket while a student-umpire calls balls and strikes behind home plate.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
All chainlink fencing will be removed from the entire field and replaced with new chainlink fencing, and there also will be a backstop netting system installed behind home plate, said Don Scheltens, executive director of the Clarendon Hills Park District.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Shown alongside a painting of a baseball home plate.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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