- home plate
- noun Date: 1875 a 5-sided rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond at which a batter stands when batting and which must be touched by a base runner in order to score
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Home plate — Plate Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
home plate — Plate Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Home plate — Home Home, a. 1. Of or pertaining to one s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. [1913 Webster] 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. [1913 Webster] 3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
home plate — n [singular] the place where you stand to hit the ball in baseball and the last place the player who is running must touch in order to get a point →↑home base … Dictionary of contemporary English
home plate — home ,plate noun uncount in baseball and similar sports, the place you stand when you hit the ball, which is also the last place you run to after hitting the ball … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
home plate — home′ plate′ n. spo the base in baseball at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a slab of rubber set at the front corner of the diamond … From formal English to slang
home plate — ☆ home plate n. Baseball the base that the batter stands beside and over which the pitcher must throw the ball for a strike: it is the last base that a base runner must reach safely to score a run: see BASE1 (n. 9) … English World dictionary
Home Plate — Photographie de Home Plate prise par l instrument HiRISE de la sonde Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Home Plate est un plateau situé sur la planète Mars au sein des collines Columbia Hills du cratère Gusev. Son nom provient de sa similitude avec la… … Wikipédia en Français
Home Plate — Infobox Album | Name = Home Plate Type = Album Artist = Bonnie Raitt Released = 1975 Recorded = 1975 Genre = Rock Length = 31:59 Label = Warner Brothers Producer = Paul Rothchild Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5… … Wikipedia
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 (Freq. 2) he ruled that the runner failed to touch home • Syn: ↑home base, ↑home, ↑plate • Topics: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
home plate — {n.} The base in baseball where the batter stands and that a runner must touch to score. * /The runner slid across home plate ahead of the tag to score a run./ … Dictionary of American idioms
