warning track

noun

: a usually dirt or cinder strip around the outside edge of a baseball outfield to warn a fielder when running to make a catch that the fence is near

called also warning path

Examples of warning track in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cholowsky flew out to the warning track in center and Levu lined out to second to end the threat. —Josh Gross, Daily News, 31 May 2026

The threat ended as Josh Dykhoff’s deep fly ball to left field was caught on the warning track. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026

The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 May 2026

His perfect parade was broken up by an error in the fourth inning when miscommunication between Andy Pages and Kyle Tucker led to Trea Turner’s fly ball glancing off Tucker’s glove and dropping to the warning track uncaught. —Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for warning track

• almanac
• camelback
• cardiac
• carryback
• cluniac
• diamondback
• lumberjack
• maniac
• paperback
• piggyback
• quarterback
• saddleback