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HOME PLATE
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I. (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
Example:
he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
Synonyms:
home; home base; home plate; plate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
