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

Noriega’s line drive to right field off ace Emily Yoon and Urbanski’s head-first slide into home plate ignited a wild celebration by the Spartans (11-13, 7-3), who maintained a half-game lead for first place. —Dan Albano, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026

As Lee sat on the dirt home plate, cameras caught Rushing walking back to the dugout and making a remark. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026

That came two pitches after home plate umpire Dan Merzel signaled ball four, but that was overturned on an ABS challenge by the catcher, Joey Bart, and kept Carter at the plate instead of a walk. —CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026

The century-old Catholic church Our Lady of Sorrows sits just southeast of home plate in the new renderings. —Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026

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