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

Brewers offered seats behind home plate in 2018 for a potential World Series. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Caminero took his time rounding the bases before touching home plate, and the Rays fans in the stadium matched his energy the entire time. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Ninth inning —Why do people get seats behind home plate and then spend most of the game on their phone? — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Anthony Volpe rounded the bases, touched home plate and then waited out the uncertainty like everyone else. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 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