home plate

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

Catalan: base de meta (ca) f Czech: domácí meta f Dutch: thuishonk Estonian: kodumärk Finnish: kotipesä (fi), lautanen (fi)

French: marbre (fr) m Italian: casa base f Japanese: 本塁 (honrui), ホームベース (hōmu bēsu) Russian: дома́шняя ба́за f (domášnjaja báza)