sandlot

American  

[sand-lot] / ˈsændˌlɒt /

noun

1. a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.

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adjective

1. Also sand-lot of, relating to, or played in such a lot.

   sandlot baseball.

sandlot British  

/ ˈsændˌlɒt /

noun

1. an area of vacant ground used by children for playing baseball and other games

2. (modifier) denoting a game or sport played on a sandlot

   sandlot baseball

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Etymology

Origin of sandlot

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; sand + lot

Example Sentences

Henriquez took to the game at an early age, playing on local fields and sandlots.

From Los Angeles Times

For now, they have what Fuentes calls “their makeshift sandlot.”

From Los Angeles Times

He was playing sandlot games with boys four or five years older when he was 10, and at 14 joined his father’s steel mill team as a pitcher.

From Los Angeles Times

“So I started playing polo, but sandlot kind of polo, low level. But I learned. Anyway, I started getting better and better and better,” he said.

From Salon

More than a half-dozen of the boys and girls on Wafula’s sandlot team are orphans, which is why the coach uses baseball as a tool to teach larger lessons.

From Los Angeles Times