"home plate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: home plates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Baseball Translations (pentagonal rubber object): base de meta [feminine] (Catalan), 本壘 /本垒 (běnlěi) (Chinese Mandarin), domácí meta [feminine] (Czech), thuishonk (Dutch), hejmplato (Esperanto), kodumärk (Estonian), kotipesä (Finnish), lautanen (Finnish), marbre [masculine] (French), casa base [feminine] (Italian), 本塁 (honrui) (Japanese), ホームベース (hōmu bēsu) (Japanese), 본루 (bollu) (alt: 本壘) (Korean), 홈 베이스 (hom beiseu) (Korean), pūrei kāinga (Maori), дома́шняя ба́за (domášnjaja báza) [feminine] (Russian), home (english: N Mexico) [masculine] (Spanish)

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          "word": "base de meta"
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          "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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          "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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          "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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          "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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          "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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      "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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      "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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      "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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      "word": "casa base"
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      "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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      "word": "pūrei kāinga"
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      "sense": "pentagonal rubber object",
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