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186 5.0
The base a runner must touch to score a run
  • noun
  • /hoʊm/
  • US
translation icon : plato
  • One year, I hit the home run that won the big game.
  • home plate
  • a home run
  • hit a home run

Well, I think I think of like the Superman Crest or a home plate.

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Examples

  • I went from first to home on a bunt single.

  • Home plate!

  • I picked myself up, and as I walked toward home plate, I looked at Bill in the other dugout.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Many stadiums now feature rotating advertising signs along the sidelines or behind home plate, which change after each batter.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The batter stood ready to hit the ball while keeping his eye on home plate.

  • The runner slid safely into home to score the winning run for his team.

  • During the game, the coach reminded the players that they must touch home before scoring.

Synonyms

base
vshome
156 4.8

One of the four stations a runner must touch to score

is the specific batter's slab rather than any station
plate
vshome
  • US
127 7.0

A flat base where the batter stands and runners touch to score

is the general term not focused on pentagonal shape
home plate
vshome
  • Jargon
20 3.6

A flat rubber base with five sides that a batter stands over and runners touch to score

is the same but written as a shorter single word
home base
vshome
  • US
1 3.0

A flat rubber square that the batter stands beside and runners touch to score

describes the same slab but with batter standing over it

Idioms

1.0

In a situation where you feel comfortable and relaxed

913 1.0

In the place where you live

60 1.8

On your team's own field when playing a game

Relax and act like you are at home

17 3.4

To have a big success people do not expect

home sweet home
  • Informal
17 2.3

A warm, happy feeling when you are at your own home

9 4.4

To earn money to support your family

Bad actions or words cause trouble for the person who did them later

3 7.5

Without a home because of a disaster or bad luck

3 8.5

For a very long time that seems to never end

Leave a game or group angrily because you did not get your way

Make the home warm and caring while someone is away

1 7.3

To be good or special enough to tell people at home about

Bad things you did before cause problems now

home and dry
  • Informal
1 5.8

Someone has finished something safely and is not likely to fail

To leave a group or activity because you do not get your way

To eat so much at someone's home that they have almost no food left

home and hosed
  • Informal
8.9

Sure of success and relieved after finishing a hard task

Not very good or special

Looking awake but not paying attention or thinking clearly

Compounds

183 2.9

A place where older people live and receive help with daily tasks and medical care

169 2.3

A hit that lets the batter run all the bases and score a run

81 3.4

A place where people prepare a dead body for burial or cremation and say goodbye

68 2.6

A home where a child lives when their parents cannot care for them

48 3.9

A person who rarely goes out and prefers being at home

41 2.3

A sports match played at a team's own stadium or field

34 2.8

A short film a family makes at home to keep memories

31 3.7

Made to be used at home rather than in a clinic or office

29 2.5

A large house made in a factory that can be moved and has water and electricity

home page
  • Texting
27 2.3

The main page of a website that appears when you open the site or your browser

27 1.9

The way a person lives and feels at home

24 1.3

A group of players who play at their own stadium with local fans

23 2.8

A personal computer used at home for writing, games and the internet

23 5.9

Illegal entry into a house while people are inside to steal or hurt them

home office
  • Formal
20 3.0

A main office where a company's leaders work and make decisions

home run
  • Informal
20 2.5

A very successful result that achieves its goal

home plate
  • Jargon
20 3.6

A flat rubber base with five sides that a batter stands over and runners touch to score

19 2.3

A house you use during holidays, not your main home

17 2.0

A person who buys a house or flat to live in

A place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own house

16 2.6

Money you borrow to buy a house that the bank can take if you do not pay

15 3.0

A family where the parents do not live together and children often have problems

15 3.5

A baby born at home instead of in a hospital

15 4.9

People at home who work to support the country's soldiers during a war

14 3.4

A large vehicle with a kitchen, bathroom, and beds for living while traveling

14 3.4

The main office where a company or group does its work

home care
  • Specialized
11 2.8

Care and help with medical and personal needs in a person's home for elderly or disabled people

11 3.0

The place where a sports team plays its own games for local fans

home screen
  • Texting
11 3.0

The first screen you see on a phone or app that shows apps and shortcuts

10 3.4

Money you get after taxes and other deductions

at home
  • Archaic
10 9.4

A formal social meeting at a person's home in the afternoon

old folks' home
  • Informal
10 2.7

A place where older people who need help live and get care

9 4.1

Preferring to be at home rather than go out socially

home wrecker
  • Offensive
9 7.9

A person who has a romantic relationship with someone married or in a relationship, causing it to end

9 3.3

A set of speakers and a big screen at home for watching movies like in a cinema

9 2.7

A person or company that builds houses as a business

The money you keep after taxes and other payments are taken out

rest home
  • Archaic
8 3.4

A place where older people live and get care

home equity loan
  • Specialized
6 3.7

A loan that uses the value of your house to get money for big expenses

Home Secretary
  • Literature
5 4.6

A senior government minister who leads the Home Office and handles security, law and immigration

5 1.8

Fried potato pieces that are brown and crisp, often served with breakfast

4 3.7

A UK government department that handles immigration, security and police matters

home ec
  • Informal
4 5.1

A school class that teaches cooking, sewing, and home skills

home rule
  • Formal
4 6.2

The right of a city or county to run its own local matters without central government control

stay-at-home
  • Formal
3 3.5

An official order telling people to remain at home to slow the spread of a disease

A feeling of ease and relaxation when you are at home

A machine used at home for jobs like cooking, cleaning, or storing food

A school subject about running a home, like cooking, sewing, and managing money

home port
  • Specialized
3 4.1

A place where a ship is registered and based

2 1.3

Baked at home rather than bought in a shop

2 3.2

A course you do at home instead of in a classroom

home range
  • Specialized
2 5.6

The area an animal usually moves in to feed and rest each day

To change and repair a house so it looks and works better

2 3.6

A place where a person, group, or animal feels most comfortable, often a team's regular field

2 5.7

A large, impressive house in the country owned by a rich family

1 6.5

A place where young people who have broken the law stay temporarily under court supervision

Home Loan Bank
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A regional bank that lends short-term money to local savings banks to support home loans

home territory
  • Specialized
1 3.9

An area where an animal usually lives and moves

1 3.9

Beer made at home rather than bought from a shop

1 5.9

A volunteer group of local people who protect their area when the army is away

1 4.2

A drink made at home rather than in a factory, like beer or cider

1 2.1

A warm comfortable place where you feel safe and relaxed

Exercise you do at home instead of at a gym

mental home
  • Archaic
1 6.1

A hospital for people who cannot look after themselves because of mental illness

home truth
  • Informal
1 6.5

A true but unpleasant fact about someone that they do not want to admit

1 5.0

A series of games a team plays at its home stadium

A US company backed by the government that buys home loans to help banks lend more

A large house made in a factory and moved to a site for permanent living

harvest home
  • Archaic
1 7.2

A festival at the end of the farming year when people gather to celebrate crops

home banking
  • Texting
1 3.2

To do bank tasks at home using a phone or computer

home folks
  • Informal
1 3.4

People from the place you grew up, especially your family

1 3.0

A flat rubber square that the batter stands beside and runners touch to score

home brew
  • Jargon
1 6.5

Unofficial programs or games made by hobbyists to run on commercial consoles

Surface Forms

home singular
homes plural

Etymology

Home In baseball, 'home' is the base you must return to, just like the old heim 'house' you come back to, so 'home' plate is the place a player returns to in order to score. That is why 'home' is the final goal on the field.