Definitions for home base

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

home′ base′(n.)

  1. Category: Sport

    Ref: home plate.

  2. Category: Common Vocabulary

    Ref: home (def. 8). 1 9

Origin of home base:

1850–55, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. home plate, home base, home, plate(noun)

    (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

    "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"

  2. headquarters, central office, main office, home office, home base(noun)

    (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

    "many companies have their headquarters in New York"

Wiktionary

  1. home base(Noun)

    Home plate.

  2. home base(Noun)

    Headquarters.


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