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

“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 • Nov. 3, 2023

Herbert was a part of a generation of Detroiters who flocked to the diamonds of the city’s historic Northwestern Field, a sandlot that turned out players such as Willie Horton, Bill Freehan and Frank Tanana.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023

While living at home in St. Louis during the pandemic, Zanaboni said, he felt a calling to visit the field where McMahon organized countless sandlot games.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

He’s like the hero in a sandlot movie, but he’s doing it for real.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2021

Mr. Reese would always lend us a couple of old bats if we wanted to play, but balls were something else, because we kept knocking them out of the sandlot.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers