dictionary definitions for "sandwich"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  sandwich
      n : two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
      v 1: make into a sandwich
      2: insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects;
         "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat
         men"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sandwich \Sand"wich\ (?; 277), n. [Named from the Earl of
     Sandwich.]
     Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat,
     cheese, or the like, between them.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sandwich \Sand"wich\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sandwiched; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Sandwiching.]
     To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert
     between portions of something dissimilar; to form of
     alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a
     different nature; to interlard.
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