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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The couple were spotted seated in the front row behind home plate, ahead of baseball icon Sandy Koufax.
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
While my boyfriend was fully locked in on Game 4 of the 2025 World Series, I (admittedly) only started paying attention when cameras panned over to reveal Meghan Markle and Prince Harry behind home plate.
—Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
There were unconfirmed reports that boos erupted in Dodgers Stadium when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were shown on the Jumbotron Tuesday night, sitting in the front row near home plate to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers lose to the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 4 of the World Series.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
But home plate umpire Mark Wegner called it a strike – eventually.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
While my boyfriend was fully locked in on Game 4 of the 2025 World Series, I (admittedly) only started paying attention when cameras panned over to reveal Meghan Markle and Prince Harry behind home plate.
—Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
There were unconfirmed reports that boos erupted in Dodgers Stadium when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were shown on the Jumbotron Tuesday night, sitting in the front row near home plate to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers lose to the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 4 of the World Series.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
But home plate umpire Mark Wegner called it a strike – eventually.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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