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 kid could take that, or accept this offer from the Pirates:
Two season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years.
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
The home plate umpire, Larry McCoy, called it a foul ball.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Jimmy Carter sat behind home plate at Braves games.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
Sarah Stier / Getty Images Anthony Volpe slides safely into home plate.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
The home plate umpire, Larry McCoy, called it a foul ball.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Jimmy Carter sat behind home plate at Braves games.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
Sarah Stier / Getty Images Anthony Volpe slides safely into home plate.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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