home plate
noun Baseball.
the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
Origin of home plate
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example sentences from the Web for home plate
Many of these bunts can be fielded either by the pitcher or, if they drop dead in front of the home-plate, by the catcher.
The ball was thrown from a rope stretched between two stakes driven into the ground one hundred and ten yards from the home-plate.
A Ball Player's Career |Adrian C. AnsonA sizeable grandstand flanked the gridiron and a smaller one stood behind the home-plate of the varsity diamond.
Center Rush Rowland |Ralph Henry BarbourIt came towards the home-plate and Marmaduke, as fast as an arrow.
Half-Past Seven Stories |Robert Gordon Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for home plate
home plate
noun
baseball
a flat often five-sided piece of hard rubber or other material that serves to define the area over which the pitcher must throw the ball for a strike and that a base runner must safely reach on his way from third base to score a run
Also called: plate, home, home base