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home plate

Syllabification: (home plate)
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Definition of home plate

noun

Baseball
  • the five-sided flat white rubber base next to which the batter stands and over which the pitcher must throw the ball for a strike. A runner must touch home plate after having reached all the other bases to score a run.

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Definition of home plate in the British & World English dictionary