HOME PLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does home plate mean? 

• HOME PLATE (noun)
  The noun HOME PLATE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HOME PLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOME PLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

home; home base; home plate; plate

Context example:

he ruled that the runner failed to touch home

Hypernyms ("home plate" is a kind of...):

bag; base (a place that the runner must touch before scoring)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)