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home base

 
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–noun
1. Baseball. home plate.
2. home (def. 9).
3. home (def. 8).
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism
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home plate

 
–noun Baseball.
the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
Also called home, the plate, home base.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism
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home base  
n.  

    1. An objective toward which players of certain games, such as backgammon, progress.

    2. Baseball Home plate.

  2. A base of operations; a headquarters.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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