What does home plate mean?

Definitions for home plate
home plate

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word home plate.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. home plate, home base, home, platenoun

    (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"

Wiktionary

  1. home platenoun

    A flat, pentagonal, rubber object 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.

ChatGPT

  1. home plate

    Home plate, also known as home base, is a term used in baseball refereeing to the final base that a player must touch to score a run. It is a flat rubber or white canvas sheet in a pentagonal shape, located at one corner of the diamond with bases at three corners. The completion of a round around the other bases and returning to the home plate is counted as a point in the game.

Wikidata

  1. Home Plate

    Home Plate is the fifth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1975.

Matched Categories

How to pronounce home plate?

How to say home plate in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of home plate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of home plate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of home plate in a Sentence

  1. Kevin Gausman:

    I was really quick toward home plate, i can usually fix a mechanical adjustment during games but for some reason I couldn’t tonight.

  2. Satchel Paige:

    Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

  3. Tiare Jennings:

    For me, I like watching other people hit theirs( home runs), when I'm at home( plate), I just love to celebrate them. To watch everyone do what they can do, hit home runs, I think that's super cool that bond we have at the plate when they come home.

  4. Mark Kantrowitz:

    Net price calculators provide a ballpark estimate of the real cost of the college, they tell you whether the college is inside or outside the ballpark of affordability but do not distinguish between home plate and center field.


Translations for home plate

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for home plate »

Translation

Find a translation for the home plate definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"home plate." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/home+plate>.

Discuss these home plate definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for home plate? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Image or illustration of

    home plate

    Credit »

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
    A recital
    B encumbrance
    C ignominy
    D whitewash

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for home plate: