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home base

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noun

Baseball. home plate.

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RELATED WORDS

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Nearby words

homburg, home, home aid, home automation, home banking, home base, home brand, home brew, home center, home computer, home counties

Origin of home base

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

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Examples from the Web for home base

When the pitcher lifted his arm Dreer dashed for home-base, and seemed beating the ball.
The Young Pitcher|Zane Grey
The lines from home-base to first, and from home to third are indefinitely prolonged and called foul-lines.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
Hideyoshi had chosen Nagoya in the province of Hizen as the home-base of his operations.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3|Various