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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As soon as Vesia’s motion brought him toward home plate, Betts broke in an all-out sprint with the single goal of beating Castellanos to third base.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Human runners, wearing 7-foot-tall foam costumes with goofy faces and colorful features depicting a Bratwurst, Polish, Italian, Hot Dog and Chorizo, race each other around home plate on the warning track.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
The broadcast showed a clear view behind home plate, while the Guardians’ groundskeepers sprinted to clean things up as fast as possible.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Phones were placed on the home plate side of each dugout, where traditional cameras aren’t allowed, Dickerson said.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Human runners, wearing 7-foot-tall foam costumes with goofy faces and colorful features depicting a Bratwurst, Polish, Italian, Hot Dog and Chorizo, race each other around home plate on the warning track.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
The broadcast showed a clear view behind home plate, while the Guardians’ groundskeepers sprinted to clean things up as fast as possible.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Phones were placed on the home plate side of each dugout, where traditional cameras aren’t allowed, Dickerson said.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for home plate
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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