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

Shildt was upset over home plate umpire Adrian Johnson’s decision to eject Fernando Tatis Jr. in the eighth inning following the slugger’s strikeout. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025

The Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman, left, slides into home plate to score ahead of a tag during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Los Angeles, Sunday, April 27, 2025. —Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2025

Alonso barreled from second, sliding into home plate ahead of the ball. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025

Catcher Rob Brantly fielded Josh Bell’s dribbler, stepped on home plate and fired the ball to first, ending the threat and eliciting an emphatic fist pump from Quantrill. —Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for home plate

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

Kids Definition

home plate

noun

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