home plate

English

Noun

home plate (plural home plates)

1. (baseball) A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls, and the touching of which by a runner advancing from or past third base scores a run.

Translations

pentagonal rubber object

• Czech: domácí meta (cs) f
• Dutch: thuishonk
• Estonian: kodumärk (et)

• Finnish: kotipesä (fi), lautanen (fi)
• French: marbre (fr) m
• Japanese: 本塁 (ja) (honrui), ホームベース (ja) (hōmu bēsu)