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

Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing spun to face home plate umpire Dan Iassogna, holding up his mitt with the ball inside. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Ten of those outs came at home plate, including a handful of plays where runners were thrown out easily. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 7 July 2026

In the sixth inning, Kyle Schwarber was tossed from the game by home plate umpire Alan Porter after striking out for the third time. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

After first pitch was pushed back by 46 minutes due to rain, there was another delay ahead of the top of the fifth when home plate umpire Scott Berry left after being hit in the throat by a foul ball in the bottom of the third. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 July 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