home plate

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home plate

noun home plates

  1. 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.

    Similar: home base

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noun pentagonal rubber object

Españolhome
한국어본루 bollu, 홈 베이스 hom beiseu
日本語本塁 honrui, ホームベース hōmu bēsu
中文本壘 /本垒 běnlěi
Françaismarbre
Italianocasa base
Русскийдома́шняя ба́за domášnjaja báza

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@misc{home_plate_2026,
  title = {home plate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/home%20plate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}