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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In the at-bat after Branham’s conversation with the home plate umpire, Bojorquez-Nava doubled and brought home Kaliya Yco to cut the Monterey lead to two runs.
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Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
Living, breathing human home plate umpires might keep their jobs longer than anticipated.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
Living, breathing human home plate umpires might keep their jobs longer than anticipated.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for home plate
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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