Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them.
- noun A partly split long or round roll containing a filling.
- noun One slice of bread covered with a filling.
- noun Something resembling a sandwich.
- transitive verb To insert (one thing) tightly between two other things often of differing character or quality.
- transitive verb To collide with or crash into (a person, for example) with impacts on opposing sides.
- transitive verb To make room or time for.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make into a sandwich or something of like arrangement; insert between two other things: as, to
sandwich a slice of ham between two slices of bread; to sandwich a picture between two pieces of pasteboard. - noun Two thin slices of bread, plain or buttered, with some savory article of food, as sliced or potted meat, fish, or fowl, placed between: as, a ham sandwich; a cheese sandwich.
- noun Hence Anything resembling or suggesting a sandwich; something placed between two other like things, as a man carrying two advertising-boards, one before and one behind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.
- transitive verb To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
snack formed of various ingredients between twoslices ofbread - noun An
open sandwich - noun Any combination formed by
layering material of one type between two layers of material of another type - verb To place one item between two other, usually flat, items
- verb figuratively To put or set something between two others, in time.
- adjective US Of a
meal orserving size that issmaller than adinner .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
- verb insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects
- verb make into a sandwich
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Art Markman, Ph.D.: No More "Senior Moments" Ph.D. Art Markman 2012
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Without looking back at the list, ask yourself, was the word sandwich on that list?
Art Markman, Ph.D.: No More "Senior Moments" Ph.D. Art Markman 2012
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Without looking back at the list, ask yourself, was the word sandwich on that list?
Art Markman, Ph.D.: No More "Senior Moments" Ph.D. Art Markman 2012
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Without looking back at the list, ask yourself, was the word sandwich on that list?
Art Markman, Ph.D.: No More "Senior Moments" Ph.D. Art Markman 2012
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This sandwich is always a club sandwich ie. of 3 bread slices.
Veg Sandwich From The Streets of Mumbai Anjali 2009
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He says the sandwich is a great position for them. ...
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This sandwich is always a club sandwich ie. of 3 bread slices.
Archive 2009-02-01 Anjali 2009
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Remember the veg. toppings are UNLIMITED and if those “sandwich artists” dont give you enough green peppers or whatever, you just say more please, yes still more, yes more please until your sandwich is a respectable size.
SUBWAY VS. QUIZNOS | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2008
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In Wisconsin, it is a holiday tradition to eat a slice of bread topped with a spread of fresh raw ground beef, chopped onions and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Known as a cannibal sandwich, the unusual dish makes hundreds of people sick each year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
What's a Cannibal Sandwich, And Why Is Wisconsin Trying to Cancel Them? Evan Bleier 2020
misterpolly commented on the word sandwich
Just imagine what we'd be eating if the Duke of Wellington had invented meat between two slices of bread and not the Earl of Sandwich!
Ever been on a sandwich course? Cookery for beginners.
December 8, 2007
bilby commented on the word sandwich
I'm not entirely happy about the common etymology of Sandwich. Doesn't add up for me.
December 8, 2007
sionnach commented on the word sandwich
I like beef Wellington!
December 8, 2007
crunchysaviour commented on the word sandwich
I think the mispronunciation of sandwich as samwidge has become so common that I have noticed people laughing at me when I pronounce it half-correctly (sandwidge). Then again, as Greenwich is usually pronounced with the ending "-dge", is "sandwidge" such a bad pronunciation? Is is critical that it is pronounced as it is spelled?
August 27, 2008
yarb commented on the word sandwich
I say "sandwidge", but I'm very taken with the "samwidge" pronunciatin; it makes me smile in a way that lickle never will.
August 27, 2008
crunchysaviour commented on the word sandwich
Agreed! Samwidge is somehow warming. Lickle will never be samwidge.
I note that nobody is listing lickle, maybe because it is rubbish!
August 28, 2008
bilby commented on the word sandwich
Sammich.
August 29, 2008
oroboros commented on the word sandwich
"sammich" Also, see comment under english.
May 14, 2010