Sandwich Definition
săndwĭch, săn-
sandwiched, sandwiches
noun
Two or more slices of bread with a filling of meat, fish, cheese, jam, etc. between them.
Webster's New World
A partly split long or round roll containing a filling.
American Heritage
One slice of bread covered with a filling.
American Heritage
Anything in a layered arrangement like a sandwich.
Webster's New World
Any combination formed by layering material of one type between two layers of material of another type.
Wiktionary
verb
To place or squeeze between two other persons, places, things, materials, etc.
Webster's New World
To collide with or crash into (a person, for example) with impacts on opposing sides.
American Heritage
To make room or time for.
Sandwiched a vacation between business trips.
American Heritage
pronoun
A town in Kent, south-east England, one of the historic Cinque Ports.
Wiktionary
An English habitational surname originating from this town.
Wiktionary
One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname.
Wiktionary
Origin of Sandwich
After John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), British politician
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
The family name is from Old English Sandwicæ, a place in Kent, lit. "sandy harbor."
From Wiktionary
Named after its supposed inventor, the Earl of Sandwich (see Sandwich).
From Wiktionary
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