noun
sandwich
SAN-wihj
noun
1
Food made by putting a filling between two slices of bread.
"She packed a cheese sandwich for lunch."
"He grabbed a quick sandwich between meetings."
2
Any arrangement with one layer squeezed between two others.
"The bridge deck is a sandwich of steel and concrete."
verb
1
To fit something tightly between two other things.
"They sandwiched a rest day between the two long hikes."
"The photo was sandwiched between two pieces of glass."
How to Use Sandwich
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBread with a filling, or more generally anything squeezed between two layers.
Memory tip
As a verb, "sandwich" almost always needs "between": you sandwich something between two other things.
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Common pairings
a cheese sandwich
sandwiched between
club sandwich
Word Forms
sandwiched past tense, sandwiches plural, sandwichs plural, Sandwiches plural, sandwiches singular
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Etymology
Named after the Earl of Sandwich, said to have ordered meat between bread so he could keep gambling without stopping to eat.