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home plate

noun [S]
 
 
(US informal the plate)

Definition

in baseball, the place that the player has to stand next to in order to hit the ball, and the last place they have to touch to score a pointBaseball and roundersGeneral terms used in ball sports
(Definition of home plate noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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