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Definition of home plate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

home plate

noun

/ˈhəʊm pleɪt/

/ˈhəʊm pleɪt/

(also home base)

(North American English also plate)

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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 basesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

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