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sandwich.

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.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈsæm.wɪd͡ʒ]Received-Pronunciation[ˈsæ̃.wɪd͡ʒ]Received-Pronunciation
  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.

    broadly
  3. A layer cake or sandwich cake.

    UK
  4. A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈsæm.wɪd͡ʒ]Received-Pronunciation[ˈsæ̃.wɪd͡ʒ]Received-Pronunciation
  1. To place (an item) physically between two other, usually flat, items.

    transitive
  2. To put or set between two other events in time.

    figuratively · transitive
  3. To double penetrate.

    transitive
  4. To feed sandwiches to.

    informal · transitive
  5. To eat sandwiches.

    intransitive · rare
Where this word comes from

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

adj/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈsæm.wɪd͡ʒ]Received-Pronunciation[ˈsæ̃.wɪd͡ʒ]Received-Pronunciation
  1. Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

    US · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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

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