subdict-logo

sandwich

Definition

  • noun: two pieces of bread with something (such as meat, peanut butter, etc.) between them
  • noun: two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between
  • verb: to put (someone or something) in the space between two other things or people
  • verb: to make into or as if into a sandwich
  • usually used as '(be) sandwiched between'
  • synonyms: interlard, interpose

Examples

  • The little boy 'was sandwiched between' his brother and sister in the back seat of the van.

  • She lives in an old neighborhood 'sandwiched between' the river and the railroad tracks.

  • ('chiefly US') an ice-cream 'sandwich' [=two cookies with ice cream between them]

Movie quotes

  • (..) honesty that borders on stupidity? - No, you haven't. - I wouldn't have thought of that. Shall we have tea? I don't go in there. I usually take my sandwich in the library. Come on, John. Let's have some tea. It's a big day. Most commercially available brands of tea are not suitable to my palate. (..)
    2001 A Beautiful Mind