/ Dictionary / Index H home plate: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: home' plate' Pronunciation: [key] — Baseball. 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 Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. homeplace home port Related Content Daily Word Quiz: soporific Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language