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

Similar to the Dodgers, the Braves’ agreement includes putting Kalshi’s logo behind home plate at some home games. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Sawyer Strosnider stepped into the batter’s box for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Wednesday afternoon with his mom, Kandi, in the second row behind home plate, and his dad, Scott, a few hundred feet away in the right-field bleachers. — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

The home plate umpire thought otherwise, but Yan was already midair in celebration. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

The Yankees had just taken a 1-0 lead on a solo home run from Trent Grisham when home plate umpire Vic Carapazza tossed Boone. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for home plate

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

Kids Definition

home plate

noun

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