sandwich
The definition of a sandwich is two slices of bread with filling in between them, or something arranged in this layered form.
(noun)An example of a sandwich is peanut butter and jelly between two pieces of whole wheat bread.
Sandwich is defined as to squeeze or place between two people or things.
(verb)An example of sandwich is to wiggle and squeeze into line between two people.
See sandwich in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- two or more slices of bread with a filling of meat, fish, cheese, jam, etc. between them: now sometimes used of a single slice of bread covered with meat, gravy, etc.
- anything in a layered arrangement like a sandwich
Origin: after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), said to have eaten these in order not to leave the gaming table for meals
transitive verb
Origin: OE Sandwic < sand, sand + wic, wick
See sandwich in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them.b. A partly split long or round roll containing a filling.c. One slice of bread covered with a filling.
- Something resembling a sandwich.
- To make into or as if into a sandwich.
- To insert (one thing) tightly between two other things of differing character or quality.
- To make room or time for: sandwiched a vacation between business trips.
Origin:
Origin: After John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792), British politician
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