SINCE 1828
home plate
nounDefinition of home plate
: 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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Watching the pins drop from behind home plate, Burgess was impressed. — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, "Riley Greene's journey to Detroit Tigers started with a Florida scout," 7 June 2019 Nick Ahmed followed with a run-scoring double and Christian Walker scored from third on a pitch that caromed off home plate umpire Joe West’s mask. — John Marshall, The Seattle Times, "Sandoval’s HR in 10th gives Giants 3-2 win over Diamondbacks," 19 May 2019 Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jake Jewell suffered what appeared to be a serious ankle injury while covering home plate after a wild pitch against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night. — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, "Los Angeles Angels' Jake Jewell suffers gruesome injury against Boston Red Sox," 28 June 2018 Dozier touched home plate and began to high-five those who congregated outside his dugout, unwilling to remember what could befall them. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Carlos Correa's walkoff single in 12th inning lifts Astros over Royals," 23 June 2018 Aaron Nola outlasted Clayton Kershaw, Seranthony Dominguez was Seranthony Dominguez, and Maikel Franco still hasn’t touched home plate. — Matt Breen, Philly.com, "Maikel Franco's Hollywood performance | Extra Innings," 1 June 2018 When Tim Tebow approached home plate on Thursday, the former NFL quarterback smacked a three-run homer. — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, "Sports, Faith, Dating and Adoption: Tim Tebow Talks About His Life's Purpose," 8 Apr. 2018 With the Rangers down 2-0 in the Series, Holland joked about his outing after the game, suggesting that somebody moved home plate. — Henry Schulman, San Francisco Chronicle, "Why the Giants’ newcomers, prodigal sons are excited about home opener," 2 Apr. 2018 Auburn players always surround home plate to greet their teammate after a home run, but the celebration for Tannon Snow on Saturday was particularly meaningful. — James Crepea, AL.com, "Tannon Snow's heroics transcend the softball field for Auburn," 11 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'home plate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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