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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Man, this is just one of those reminders that being a home plate umpire is no joke.
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Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
Gonzales drove a first-pitch slider to left, and Church jumped and caught the ball above the top of the 6-foot wall, 373 feet from home plate.
—CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Pete Crow-Armstrong heard yapping behind home plate.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
In a strange play at home plate, catcher Luke Sewell of the Washington Senators tagged out two Yankees runners on the same play.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
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Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
Gonzales drove a first-pitch slider to left, and Church jumped and caught the ball above the top of the 6-foot wall, 373 feet from home plate.
—CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Pete Crow-Armstrong heard yapping behind home plate.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
In a strange play at home plate, catcher Luke Sewell of the Washington Senators tagged out two Yankees runners on the same play.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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