home plate

NOUN

slab marking baseball home

Synonyms

WEAK

dish home home base platter the plate

Example Sentences

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The cameras measure balls and strikes from a two-dimensional plane set in the middle of home plate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

How much baseball culture revolves around the home plate ump?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

We’re gonna lose right here because I can’t hold home plate with my foot.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Varsho then crossed home plate after an Ernie Clement sacrifice fly to make it 3-1.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

Coach Noles is manning the pitching machine by home plate.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner