sandwich

Meaning of sandwich

noun
  1. an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with a filling between them, eaten as a light meal.
    a ham sandwich
  2. relating to a sandwich course.
    the degree includes a sandwich year
verb
  1. insert or squeeze (someone or something) between two other people or things, typically in a restricted space or so as to be uncomfortable.
    the girl was sandwiched between two burly men in the back of the car

mid 18th century: named after the 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718–92), an English nobleman said to have eaten food in this form so as not to leave the gaming table.

Information about sandwich

Hyphenation of sandwich

sand-wich

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • sandwich is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of sandwich

Words that rhyme with sandwich

wich, Sandwich, tsesarewich, angwich, Northwich, Colwich, Dulwich, Kilwich, Woolwich, woolwich, Greenwich, greenwich, Harwich, Norwich, Ipswich, Droitwich, Leftwich, Prestwich

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