Sandwich

Quick meaning: Sandwich is a noun meaning (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.

Meaning

(by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.

More Meanings

1. (UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
2. (transitive) To place (an item) physically between two other, usually flat, items.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To put or set between two other events in time.
4. (transitive, sex) To double penetrate.
5. (transitive, informal) To feed sandwiches to.
6. 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.
7. (archaic) A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).

Example Sentences

We have, and not so very long ago, seen women employed as 'sandwiches'.

The most famous place in Copenhagen, Ida Davidsen, has a menu of 190 different kinds of open sandwich.

[…] our local agricultural fair in Warwickshire even has a category for Victoria sandwiches baked by male bakers.

We saw a few Gresley Moguls on goods, as a limited amount of freight traffic was sandwiched in even on this busy day.

Word Forms

• sandwiches
• sandwichs
• sangwich
• sandwiching
• sandwiched

Synonyms for sandwich

Depending on context, synonyms include butty, grinder, piece, sambo, sammich, sammie.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bun, biscuit, cheese, toast, meat, lunch.

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