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Definition of
home plate noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
home plate
noun
noun
(
also
home
,
home base
,
plate
)
[
singular
]
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(
in baseball
)
the place where the person hitting the ball stands and where they must return to after running around all the bases
See
home plate
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