English

Noun

Singular home plate

Plural home plates

home plate (plural home plates)

  1. (baseball) A flat, pentagonal, rubber artifact 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

 

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