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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Morgan might have also struck out J.T. Realmuto had home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman called strikes on the first two pitches, which were both in the zone.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger sat just behind home plate alongside baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, and he was tasked with throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
In the second, teammates had to remind him to touch home plate in the chaos of catcher Gary Sanchez dropping the baseball.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Shildt exited the dugout and pointed at Roberts, causing the Dodgers manager to charge toward home plate.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger sat just behind home plate alongside baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, and he was tasked with throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
In the second, teammates had to remind him to touch home plate in the chaos of catcher Gary Sanchez dropping the baseball.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Shildt exited the dugout and pointed at Roberts, causing the Dodgers manager to charge toward home plate.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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