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Definition of Home plate
1. Noun. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score. "He ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
Exact synonyms: Home, Home Base, Plate
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Bag, Base
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Bag, Base
Definition of Home plate
1. Noun. (baseball) A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls, and the touching of which by a runner advancing from or past third base scores a run. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com