Dictionary

sandwich en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˈsæ̃.wɪd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈsɛə̯mˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] æ-raising
• (US) audio
• /ˈsæn.(d)wɪd͡ʒ/ Maryland
• [ˈsæ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] (Canada, General-American) without æ-raising
• /ˈsɛə̯nˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ æ-raising
• /ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈsæm.wɪd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ (Canada, General-American) without æ-raising
• [ˈsɛ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] æ-raising
• [ˈsæmˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] (Canada, General-American) without æ-raising

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (US, not-comparable) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

Forms

sandwich en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈsæ̃.wɪd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈsɛə̯mˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] æ-raising
• (US) audio
• /ˈsæn.(d)wɪd͡ʒ/ Maryland
• [ˈsæ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] (Canada, General-American) without æ-raising
• /ˈsɛə̯nˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ æ-raising
• /ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈsæm.wɪd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ (Canada, General-American) without æ-raising
• [ˈsɛ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] æ-raising
• [ˈsæmˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] (Canada, General-American) without æ-raising

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • The most famous place in Copenhagen, Ida Davidsen, has a menu of 190 different kinds of open sandwich. 2020 January 21, Brontë Aurell, The Little Book of Scandi Living, White Lion Publishing, →ISBN, page 51:
2. (broadly) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
3. (UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
   • […] our local agricultural fair in Warwickshire even has a category for Victoria sandwiches baked by male bakers. 2016, Alysa Levene, Cake: A Slice of History:
4. (archaic) A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).
   • We have, and not so very long ago, seen women employed as 'sandwiches'. Pall Mall Gazette, quoted in 2004, Chris Jenks, Urban Culture, page 129

Forms

Deriveds

club sandwich · hot hamburger sandwich · thin sandwich course · cheesewich · thick sandwich degree · snackwich · Dag sandwich · toast sandwich · sandwich sudoku · sammo · sandwich loaf · sandwich tern · eggwich · nothing sandwich · picklewich · sandwich cookie · breadwich · sandwich bread · sandwich spread · sandwich class · poop sandwich · ploughman's sandwich · thin sandwich degree · Saint Paul sandwich · sandwich man · turd sandwich · knuckle sandwich · Cuban sandwich · dag sandwich · thick sandwich course · liberty sandwich · tea sandwich · sandwich testing · egg sandwich · pizza sub sandwich · pizzawich · tomato sandwich · sandwich degree · dagwood sandwich · sandwich glass · St. Paul sandwich · sandwich bar · idiot sandwich · cannibal sandwich · sir sandwich · prawn sandwich brigade · Hillel sandwich · cocktail sandwich · ham sandwich · Vietnamese sandwich · water sandwich · sammich · sandwich-man · sandwich paper · Monte Cristo sandwich · sandwich pick · sando · sandwich bag · sub sandwich · tongue sandwich · sandwichlike · crabwich · Italian sub sandwich · wish sandwich · prawnwich · indict a ham sandwich · horseshoe sandwich · sandwich board · cookie sandwich · shrimpwich · sandwich girder · Elvis sandwich · sandwich box · sandwich coin · sandwich carer · Bombay sandwich · sandwichless · ma'am sandwich · sandwich beam · sandwichable · Italian submarine sandwich · sandwich care · Italian sandwich · slamwich · jam sandwich · hamwich · open sandwich · shit sandwich · fishwich · spamwich · ribwich · ham-sandwich · clubhouse sandwich · crazy as a soup sandwich · honeycomb sandwich · Denver sandwich · tin sandwich · pizza submarine sandwich · bread sandwich · sandwich caring · Gerber sandwich · ice cream sandwich · combination sandwich · point sandwich · sandwich course · sandwich shell · dirt sandwich · bite of the reality sandwich · loose-meat sandwich · submarine sandwich · cyclone sandwich · sandwich discourse · ham sandwich theorem · naanwich · sandwich time · mother-in-law sandwich · steakwich · sandwich round · fat sandwich · sandwichness · hero sandwich · lead sandwich · crispwich · nanosandwich · Dutch sandwich · sandwichery · pinwheel sandwich · sandwich generation · croissandwich · jamwich · Dagwood sandwich · Manwich · tavern sandwich · Rachel sandwich · sandwich theory · wildcat sandwich · air sandwich · sandwich panel · open-faced sandwich · barley sandwich · booger sandwich · sandwich compound · frosted ribbon sandwich · finger sandwich · crap sandwich · melt sandwich · soup sandwich · sandwichy

Descendants

sangüi · sandwicz · sándwich · 三文治 · kanauika · սենդվիչ · සැන්ඩ්විච් · sandvitx · jāānwūj · sendvič · ဆန်းဒဝစ် · xăng duych · sangüis · sandwich · sandviç · sänkkäri · sandoich · sánguche · سینڈوچ · স্যান্উইজ · sandwich · sandwich · sandviĉo · sandwich · са́ндвич · σάντουιτς · szendvics · sanduíche · са́ндвич · sandwich · sändvig · སན་ཊ་ཝིཆི · 三明治 · sandwich · Sandwich · sandvici · sándwich · 샌드위치 · सैंडविच · sannouiche · sandes · сэ́ндвич · サンドイッチ · sendvič · ساندویچ · سَانْدَوِيتْش · sendvičs · sandwic · แซนด์วิช · sandwicho · sánduche · სენდვიჩი · sandviș

Hypernyms

food

Hyponyms

torta · egg sandwich · burger · -burger · panini · gyros · BLT · butterbrot · hot dog · focaccia · Toast Hawaii · doorstop · sub · gyro · open-faced sandwich · banh mi · hamburger · bacon butty · canapé · po' boy · patty melt · hoagie · submarine sandwich · submarine · toastie · poor boy · torpedo · hero sandwich · Reuben · chip butty · sloppy joe · hero

Meronyms

cold cuts · patty · coronation chicken · bread · mayonnaise · lunch meat · hang · Marmite · sandwich spread · luncheon meat

Relateds

:Category:Sandwiches

Synonyms

sambo · piece · sanger · butty · sarnie · sammie · sammo · sammich · grinder · sango · sarmie

Translations (182)

sk sendvič (dish — see also open sandwich) · et võileib (dish — see also open sandwich) · gl sándwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · bo སན་ཊ་ཝིཆི (dish — see also open sandwich) · az sandviç (dish — see also open sandwich) · vi bánh mì kẹp (dish — see also open sandwich) · fi voileipäkakku (layer cake or sandwich cake) · hi सैंडविच (dish — see also open sandwich) · nb sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · es sánguche (dish — see also open sandwich) · ru са́ндвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · wuu 三明治 (dish — see also open sandwich) · arz سندويتش (dish — see also open sandwich) · fr sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · fy brogge (dish — see also open sandwich) · ar سَانْدَوِيتْش (dish — see also open sandwich) · si සැන්ඩ්විච් (dish — see also open sandwich) · io sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · sl sendvič (dish — see also open sandwich) · uz sandvich (dish — see also open sandwich) · es emparedado (dish — see also open sandwich) · et sändvitš (dish — see also open sandwich) · acw ساندوتش (dish — see also open sandwich) · yi סענדוויטש (dish — see also open sandwich) · uk бутербро́д (dish — see also open sandwich) · ms sandwic (dish — see also open sandwich) · rsk сендвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · mn сэндвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · el σάντουιτς (dish — see also open sandwich) · th แซนด์วิช (dish — see also open sandwich) · ga ceapaire (dish — see also open sandwich) · hak 三明治 (dish — see also open sandwich) · gcf sandouch (dish — see also open sandwich) · es torta (dish — see also open sandwich) · is samloka (dish — see also open sandwich) · es sandwiche (dish — see also open sandwich) · gd ceapaire (dish — see also open sandwich) · haw kanauika (dish — see also open sandwich) · yo san-wiiṣi (dish — see also open sandwich) · nl boterham (dish — see also open sandwich) · ko 샌드위치 (dish — see also open sandwich) · es friquitaqui (dish — see also open sandwich) · ar شَطِيرَة (dish — see also open sandwich) · nn sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · de Sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · es sándwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · ja サンド (dish — see also open sandwich) · pl kanapka (dish — see also open sandwich) · sh sȅndvič (dish — see also open sandwich) · te అప్పచ్చి (dish — see also open sandwich) · bg са́ндвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · csb sztula (dish — see also open sandwich) · ro tartină (dish — see also open sandwich) · fi täytekakku (layer cake or sandwich cake) · acw سندويشة (dish — see also open sandwich) · de Stulle (dish — see also open sandwich) · gv braghtan (dish — see also open sandwich) · lo ເຂົ້າຈີ່ຢັດໄສ້ (dish — see also open sandwich) · lt sumuštinis (dish — see also open sandwich) · nrf sannouiche (dish — see also open sandwich) · ht sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · fo tvíflís (dish — see also open sandwich) · rm sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · fa-ira لُقْمِه (dish — see also open sandwich) · ba сэндвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · ms roti lapis (dish — see also open sandwich) · vro võidleib (dish — see also open sandwich) · oc sandoich (dish — see also open sandwich) · nb smørbrød (dish — see also open sandwich) · uz buterbrod (dish — see also open sandwich) · it tramezzino (dish — see also open sandwich) · fi kerrosvoileipä (dish — see also open sandwich) · cmn 三明治 (dish — see also open sandwich) · sq sanduiç (dish — see also open sandwich) · vo sändvig (dish — see also open sandwich) · yi שניטקע (dish — see also open sandwich) · hu szendvics (dish — see also open sandwich) · tk sandwiç (dish — see also open sandwich) · be бутэрбро́д (dish — see also open sandwich) · vi xăng-đuých (dish — see also open sandwich) · kw baramanyn (dish — see also open sandwich) · chr ᎠᏍᏛᎭᏟ (dish — see also open sandwich) · ka ბუტერბროდი (dish — see also open sandwich) · it panino (dish — see also open sandwich) · ast sándwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · szl klapsznita (dish — see also open sandwich) · grc ἀρτόκρεας (dish — see also open sandwich) · ur سَینْڈْوِچ (dish — see also open sandwich) · nv bááh atsįʼ bił ałchʼįʼ ádaatʼéhígíí (dish — see also open sandwich) · cmn 三味治 (dish — see also open sandwich) · mn хачиртай талх (dish — see also open sandwich) · oc entrelesca (dish — see also open sandwich) · apc سندويشة (dish — see also open sandwich) · ky бутерброд (dish — see also open sandwich) · nrf beurrée (dish — see also open sandwich) · se uodjaláibi (dish — see also open sandwich) · es sánduche (dish — see also open sandwich) · lmo sanguis (dish — see also open sandwich) · lv sendvičs (dish — see also open sandwich) · oc sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · my ဆန်းဒဝစ် (dish — see also open sandwich) · nv atsįʼ bááh bił ałchʼįʼ átʼéhígíí (dish — see also open sandwich) · da amagermad (dish — see also open sandwich) · id roti lapis (dish — see also open sandwich) · es bocata (dish — see also open sandwich) · sv smörgås (dish — see also open sandwich) · pdt Sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · ru бутербро́д (dish — see also open sandwich) · my အသားညှပ်မုန့် (dish — see also open sandwich) · ja サンドイッチ (dish — see also open sandwich) · se vuodjaláibi (dish — see also open sandwich) · ko 겹빵이 (dish — see also open sandwich) · vi xăng-uých (dish — see also open sandwich) · bn স্যান্ডউইচ (dish — see also open sandwich) · tk buterbrod (dish — see also open sandwich) · fa-ira بَزْماوَرْد (dish — see also open sandwich) · de Schnitte (dish — see also open sandwich) · tr sandviç (dish — see also open sandwich) · sv macka (dish — see also open sandwich) · mh jāānwūj (dish — see also open sandwich) · eo sandviĉo (dish — see also open sandwich) · af toebroodjie (dish — see also open sandwich) · sq sandviç (dish — see also open sandwich) · fi voileipä (dish — see also open sandwich) · ar سَانْدَوِيش (dish — see also open sandwich) · es sangüiche (dish — see also open sandwich) · he כָּרִיך (dish — see also open sandwich) · ug ساندۋىچ (dish — see also open sandwich) · fa-ira سانْدِویچ (dish — see also open sandwich) · ro sandviș (dish — see also open sandwich) · cs sendvič (dish — see also open sandwich) · io sandwicho (dish — see also open sandwich) · tyv бутерброд (dish — see also open sandwich) · oc entrepan (dish — see also open sandwich) · ca entrepà (dish — see also open sandwich) · he סֶנדוִיץ׳ (dish — see also open sandwich) · id roti apit (dish — see also open sandwich) · wym klapśnytła (dish — see also open sandwich) · ka სენდვიჩი (dish — see also open sandwich) · ky сэндвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · sh се̏ндвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · gl bocadillo (dish — see also open sandwich) · mk сендвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · az buterbrod (dish — see also open sandwich) · kk сэндвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · br sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · de belegtes Brot (dish — see also open sandwich) · yue 三文治 (dish — see also open sandwich) · pt sanduba (dish — see also open sandwich) · nrf doraïe (dish — see also open sandwich) · ast bocadillu (dish — see also open sandwich) · tg сандвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · be сэ́ндвіч (dish — see also open sandwich) · cy brechdan (dish — see also open sandwich) · aeb كسكروت (dish — see also open sandwich) · ca badall (dish — see also open sandwich) · ru сэ́ндвич (dish — see also open sandwich) · sv dubbelmacka (dish — see also open sandwich) · ast bocáu (dish — see also open sandwich) · pt sandes (dish — see also open sandwich) · myv ой-кши (dish — see also open sandwich) · nn smørbrød (dish — see also open sandwich) · cmn 三文治 (dish — see also open sandwich) · kw maw (dish — see also open sandwich) · fi sandwich-rakenne (combination material) · nl sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · et võiku (dish — see also open sandwich) · ca sandvitx (dish — see also open sandwich) · hy սենդվիչ (dish — see also open sandwich) · km នំប៉័ងដាក់សាច់ (dish — see also open sandwich) · es bocadillo (dish — see also open sandwich) · sk obložený chlieb (dish — see also open sandwich) · da sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · grc ἀρτότυρος (dish — see also open sandwich) · pms sànguis (dish — see also open sandwich) · mi hanawiti (dish — see also open sandwich) · pt sanduíche (dish — see also open sandwich) · az dürmək (dish — see also open sandwich) · uk се́ндвіч (dish — see also open sandwich) · sv sandwich (dish — see also open sandwich) · kk бутерброд (dish — see also open sandwich) · vro võiuleib (dish — see also open sandwich)

wikidata: Q28803

sandwich en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ˈsæ̃.wɪd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈsɛə̯mˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] æ-raising
• (US) audio
• /ˈsæn.(d)wɪd͡ʒ/ Maryland
• [ˈsæ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] (Canada, General-American) without æ-raising
• /ˈsɛə̯nˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ æ-raising
• /ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈsæm.wɪd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ (Canada, General-American) without æ-raising
• [ˈsɛ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] æ-raising
• [ˈsæmˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] (Canada, General-American) without æ-raising

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To place (an item) physically between two other, usually flat, items.
   • We saw a few Gresley Moguls on goods, as a limited amount of freight traffic was sandwiched in even on this busy day. 1951 January, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Essex and Hertfordshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 46:
   • One can't escape the huge nuclear facility at Sellafield (supplier of much of the line's remaining freight traffic), or miss the wild shingle beaches with exposed and precarious bungalows sandwiched between the railway and the shore at Braystones. 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
   • An oddity of the auto-train services, incidentally, was the occasional "doubling", usually for football excursions, when the load was increased to four coaches with the engine sandwiched between. 1959 May, William Jones, John Hodge, “Resorts for Railfans - 28: Cardiff, Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 265:
   • But as the game looked destined for a stalemate at half-time, the hammer blow arrived. A corner was just about cleared, only for the Scots to switch off. Vladimir Coufal overlapped with space and time on his side, his delivery being met by Schick, who steered his header home while sandwiched between Liam Cooper and Grant Hanley. 2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport:
2. (figuratively, transitive) To put or set between two other events in time.
   • Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley. 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
   • Street BASIC is becoming the language taught in junior high; it is sandwiched between Logo, which is taught in elementary school, and Pascal, which is taught in high school. 1988, Cynthia Solomon, Computer Environments for Children, page 94:
3. (transitive) To double penetrate.
   • They sandwiched her, the footballer at her back, his dick tucked into the perfect seam of her ass as he fingered her pussy while the shorter, leaner, covered-in-tattoos Monsieur Artiste kissed her and pinched her nipples 2017, Madhuri Pavamani, Juma:
4. (informal, transitive) To feed sandwiches to.
   • I write this on the kitchen table at the home of the kind Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ebert, who sandwiched and coffee’d me. 1959 October 7, Charles House, “Charlie Pauses at 75-Mile Mark To Recount Latest Adventures”, in Appleton Post-Crescent, volume LI, number 88, Appleton-Neenah-Menasha, Wis., section “Coffee Break”, page A16:
   • Mrs. Robert (Helen) Adickes, of Flintridge, mate of the chairman of the Pilots For Goldwater committee, was in there pitching as usual seeing that everyone was fed and coffeed or, in the case of the young colts and fillies, sandwiched and popped. 1964 October 13, Gene Cowles, Valley Times, volume 27, number 246, San Fernando Valley, Calif., page 15:
   • Five soldiers had been sandwiched and coffeed at the Elks canteen, were a little short of money, needed haircuts. 1942 August 31, “Who Clipped the Soldiers’—Hair?”, in Harrisburg Telegraph, volume CXII, number 206, Harrisburg, Pa., second section, page 9:
   • There we were met by enterprising citizens and coffeed and sandwiched by pretty girls. 1929, Howard W[allace] Peak, A Ranger of Commerce or 52 Years on the Road, page 87:
   • I clothed desperate families, and sandwiched and teaed many distracted souls. 1953, [Irene Curzon, 2nd] Baroness Ravensdale, In Many Rhythms: An Autobiography, page 249:
   • Hostesses like Laurie McCormack, who’s used to keeping politicians, press and businessmen coffeed and sandwiched on special visits to the train, sat back and let Jay Montague and other merchants reverse roles. 1975 October 14, Kathleen Merryman, “Freedom Train fires up parties”, in The Billings Gazette, 90th year, number 165, Billings, Mont., page 11-A:
   • The association of veteran firemen, which has a membership of 200, kept open house for New Year callers, and all comers were bountifully sandwiched and coffeed. 1897 January 7, “City’s Veteran Firemen. New Year Reception. The Rooms of the Association Filled with Guests. Reminiscences, Reunion, and Refreshments,”, in The Pittsfield Sun, volume 97, number 26, Pittsfield, Mass., page 7:
   • Here at Camp Wheeler we “coffeed” and “sandwiched” the drafted men when they came from Camp Gordon several weeks ago, and the men from Camp Pike more recently. 1917 November 11, Dumas Malone, “The Ring and the Red Triangle: How the Men Who Wear the New Insignia Go With the Army”, in The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon, Ga., first section, article section “The Ever-Ready Hut”, page four:
   • But one or two evil-disposed characters muttered they might be sure the lady had her own turn to serve, and they might be sure they wasn't "teaed and muffined and sandwiched for nothing!" 1866, Emma Jane Worboise, “The St. Beetha’s Temperance Society”, in St. Beetha’s; or, The Heiress of Arne, London: “Christian World” Office, […]; Jackson, Walford, and Hodder, […], →OCLC, page 213:
   • “In the daytimes, he fixes things for people,” I said, “and in return they keep him sandwiched and coffeed.” 1976 August 28, Joan Flanagan, “cassidy’s mob”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 43,275, page 14:
5. (intransitive, rare) To eat sandwiches.
   • Mr. and Mrs. Ted Craig (he^([sic]) speaker of the assembly) emerging from a popular drive-in after having sandwiched and coffeed . . . 1935 June 29, Ellen Snebley, “Teapot Tattle”, in Santa Ana Journal, volume 1, number 52, Santa Ana, Calif., page eight:
   • The Red Knight and his squire might be sandwiching at the very next table. 2006, Gary Zingher, “The Child as Everyday Explorer”, in Theme Play: Exciting Young Imaginations, Libraries Unlimited, →ISBN, page 95:
   • He coffeed and sandwiched along the highway. 1965, Thea Astley, The Slow Natives, page 196:

Forms

Deriveds

unsandwiched

Translations (13)

de einzwängen (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · ru зажима́ть (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · vi kẹp (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · pt ensanduichar (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · ja サンドする (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · de einklemmen (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · ru вти́скивать (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · ru зажа́ть (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · pt sanduichar (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · ru вти́снуть (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · fi kerrostaa (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · ja 挟む (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items) · vi khoác (to place one item between two other, usually flat, items)