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Noun: home plate  howm pleyt
  1. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
    "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home plate";
    - home base, home, plate

Derived forms: home plates

Type of: bag, base

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