home plates
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pluralof home plate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
home platenounthe base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
Example Sentences
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It’s slow-pitch, with two home plates: one for the runner and one for the catcher, and all outs at home are force plays.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
The team also would not let him remove and sell home plates from Fenway Park.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
Steiner enthusiastically walked the two-story, 45,000-square-foot warehouse, past its racks of Yankee jerseys and warm-up jackets and stacks of bases, home plates and pitching rubbers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2014