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

Yandy Díaz, their lead-off hitter, flicked an opposite-field fly ball to the warning track, just barely missing a home run. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

The ball bounced off his glove in front of the warning track and rolled away for a go-ahead triple. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio, sprinting toward the warning track, had to leap to reel in Kiké Hernández’s line drive in the gap. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Kyle Tucker and pinch-hitter Josue De Paula walked with two down in the ninth before Mookie Betts' flyout to the warning track in center. — CBS News, 12 Oct. 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