home base

home base

n.

1.

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

b. Baseball Home plate.

2. A base of operations; a headquarters.

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home′ plate′

n.

the base in baseball at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a slab of rubber set at the front corner of the diamond.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	home base - (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" home plate, plate, home baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" bag, base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
	2.	home base - (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise; "many companies have their headquarters in New York" central office, headquarters, main office, home office mukataa - an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center; "Arafat was holed up in the mukataa of his West Bank compound" business office, office - place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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