Usage of "home plate"

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In baseball, the base at which the batter stands, and which baserunners must contact to earn a run.

Related terms

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

Synonyms

Examples for "home"

Six years ago, house values were increasing faster than nursing home costs. 
 The Irish Times 

Ardern said people also needed to start working from home if possible. 
 Radio NZ 

The reality of her new situation was brought home with a thud. 
 The Guardian 

The Transport Agency said people should consider working from home if possible. 
 Radio NZ 

Her father had suffered a stroke; the family home was in crisis. 
 The Guardian 

The other steadily building crisis on Mr Trump's plate also involves China. 
 News.com.au 

Ryan provided a color, model, year, and plate number for the Mercedes. 
 Bones to Ashes 

This reporter believes local government needs to step up to the plate. 
 Whisper of Sin 

I think we have seen that at the plate tracks this year. 
 Reuters 

This plate boundary is complicated, and different movements happen in different sections. 
 Radio NZ 

Families gather at the ship's home base, anxiously hoping for good news. 
 The Irish Times 

We have always used Yosemite as home base for developing our techniques. 
 Climbing Magazine 

In its home base of Germany, Deutsche Telekom is up against No. 
 Reuters 

Returning to home base in Manhattan afterward didn't go as smoothly, though. 
 Wired 

Sousa accomplished all of this from his home base on Capitol Hill. 
 Reuters 

Usage of home plate in inglês

He had trouble even seeing home plate through the cloud of bugs. 
 The Yankee Years 

Pete watched the man shuffle to home plate and take his position. 
 In every heartbeat 

It's 60 feet six inches from the pitchers mound to home plate. 
 Wired 

The home plate should if possible be a piece of whitened rubber. 
 Outdoor Sports and Games 

The home plate is marked upon the ground and is 2 feet square. 
 School, Church, and Home Games 

Milledge broke late for home plate and was nailed for the third out. 
 Reuters 

But the switch had already been signaled to home plate umpire Artie Gore. 
 The last hero: a life of henry aaron 

Bennett crossed home plate before Pete made it halfway to first. 
 In every heartbeat 

Discusses a controversial call by home plate umpire Doug Eddings in the A.L.C.S. 
 The new yorker 

He looked toward home plate, where Davy, Johnny, and Nemo stood. 
 Boy’s Life 

He cocked his elbow and snapped the ball toward home plate. 
 In every heartbeat 

Captain Purcell, half frantic, was doubled up at the home plate. 
 The High School Pitcher; or, Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond 

The ball was lying on the ground next to home plate. 
 Boy’s Life 

Charlie paced from the dirt mound to home plate and then back again. 
 The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud 

Nemo looked at the pitcher's mound, at second base, and then at home plate. 
 Boy’s Life 

Somewhere between second base and home plate he threw his glove to the ground. 
 Consent to kill: a thriller 

Translations for home plate

catalão

Meanings of home plate in inglês