English Explanatory Dictionary

sandwich

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
  2. Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
  3. A layer cake or sandwich cake.
  4. A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).
verb
  1. To place (an item) physically between two other, usually flat, items.
  2. To put or set between two other events in time.
  3. To double penetrate.
  4. To feed sandwiches to.
  5. To eat sandwiches.
adj
  1. Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, southeastern England, one of the historic Cinque Ports (OS grid ref TR3258).
  2. An English habitational surname originating from this town.
  3. One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
  4. A city in DeKalb County and Kendall County, Illinois, United States.
  5. A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
  6. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of sandwich.

Pronunciation

/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ /ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/ [ˈsæm.wɪd͡ʒ] [ˈsæ̃.wɪd͡ʒ] /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ [ˈsæmˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] [ˈsæ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] en-us-sandwich.ogg /ˈsɛə̯nˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ [ˈsɛə̯mˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] [ˈsɛ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] /ˈsæn.(d)wɪd͡ʒ/

Word forms

sandwich sandwiches sandwichs sammich samwich sangwich sandwiching sandwiched

Etymology

Named after its supposed inventor, the Earl of Sandwich (see Sandwich).

Synonyms

butty grinder piece sambo sammich sammie sammo sanger sango sarmie sarnie

Related words

:Category:Sandwiches

Derived words

air sandwich barley sandwich bite of the reality sandwich Bombay sandwich booger sandwich bread sandwich breadwich cannibal sandwich cheesewich clubhouse sandwich club sandwich cocktail sandwich combination sandwich cookie sandwich crazy as a soup sandwich crispwich croissandwich Cuban sandwich cyclone sandwich dag sandwich Dagwood sandwich Denver sandwich dirt sandwich Dutch sandwich egg sandwich eggwich Elvis sandwich fat sandwich finger sandwich fishwich frosted ribbon sandwich Gerber sandwich ham-sandwich ham sandwich ham sandwich theorem hamwich hero sandwich Hillel sandwich honeycomb sandwich horseshoe sandwich hot hamburger sandwich ice cream sandwich idiot sandwich indict a ham sandwich Italian sandwich Italian submarine sandwich Italian sub sandwich jam sandwich jamwich knuckle sandwich lead sandwich liberty sandwich loose-meat sandwich ma'am sandwich Manwich melt sandwich Monte Cristo sandwich mother-in-law sandwich naanwich nanosandwich
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