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home plates

home plates is the plural of home plate.

Meaning of home plate

Noun

home plate (plural home plates)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    home base

Questions about home plates

What is home plates the plural of?
Home plates is the plural of home plate.

Words near home plates in the dictionary

  1. home phones
  2. home pitch
  3. home planet
  4. home planets
  5. home plate
  6. home plates
  7. home point
  8. home port
  9. home ports
  10. home range
  11. home ranges

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