sandwich

Syllables: san·dwichUK/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ//ˈsænˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/

sandwich noun: 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.

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Noun (1)

sandwich (plural sandwiches or (rare) sandwichs)

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
(broadly) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
(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
(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

Verb

sandwich (third-person singular simple present sandwiches, present participle sandwiching, simple past and past participle sandwiched)

(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
- 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
(figuratively, transitive) To put or set between two other events in time.
- 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
- 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
(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 nipples2017, Madhuri Pavamani, Juma
(informal, transitive) To feed sandwiches to.
- 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
- 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...
(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
- He coffeed and sandwiched along the highway.1965, Thea Astley, The Slow Natives, page 196

Adjective

sandwich (not comparable)

(US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

Proper noun capitalized: Sandwich

Sandwich (countable and uncountable, plural Sandwiches)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, southeastern England, one of the historic Cinque Ports (OS grid ref TR3258).
An English habitational surname originating from this town.
- The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches...1788 July 10, “Friday’s Post”, in The Ipswich Journal, number 3026, Ipswich, Suffolk, published 12 July 1788, page [2], column 1
A city in DeKalb County and Kendall County, Illinois, United States.
A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.

Noun (2) capitalized: Sandwich

Sandwich (plural Sandwiches)

(obsolete) Obsolete form of sandwich.
- I dined at the Cocoa Tree […] That reſpectable body, of which I have the honour of being a member, affords every evening a ſight truly English. Twenty or thirty, perhaps, of the firſt men in the kingdom, in point of faſhion and fortune, ſupping at little tables covered with a napkin, in the middle...1762 November 24 (date written), Edward Gibbon, “Memoirs of My Life and Writings”, in John Lord Sheffield [i.e., John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield], editor, Miscellaneous Works of Edward...
- Sir Ch[ristopher]. Not a morſel, Tom, if you would give me the univerſe. / Rack[et]. Pooh, man, only a Sandwich or ſo.1771 (first performance), Samuel Foote, “Act I.”, in The Maid of Bath, a Comedy of Three Acts, […], London: […] George Allen, […], published [1775?], page 10

sandwich meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

sandwich in Hindi

dish — see also open sandwich: सैंडविच saiṇḍvic

sandwich in Tamil

சாண்ட்விச், சான்ட்விச்

sandwich in Marathi

सँडविच, सँडवीच, सँडविचला

sandwich in Urdu

dish — see also open sandwich: سَینْڈْوِچ sainḍvic

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sandwich in Bengali: স্যান্ডউইচ sênḍouic
sandwich in Telugu: అప్పచ్చి appacci
sandwich in Malayalam: സാൻഡ്വിച്ച്, സാൻഡ്വിച്, സാൻഡ്വിച്ചിൽ
sandwich in Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾಂಡ್ವಿಚ್, ಶ್ಯಾಂಡ್ವಿಚ್, ಶಾಂಡ್ವಿಚ್
sandwich in Punjabi: ਸੈਂਡਵਿਚ, ਸੈਂਡਵਿੱਚ, ਸੈਂਡਵੀਚ
sandwich in Gujarati: સેન્ડવિચ, સેન્ડવીચ
sandwich in Odia: ସାଣ୍ଡୱିଚ୍, ସ୍ଯ଼ାଣ୍ଡୱିଚ୍, ସାଣ୍ଡୱିଚ
sandwich in Sinhala: සැන්ඩ්විච් sænḍwic
sandwich in Nepali: स्यान्डविच, सान्डविच, सँडविच
sandwich in Arabic: سَانْدَوِيتْش sandawitš, شَطِيرَة šaṭīra, سَانْدَوِيش sāndawīš
sandwich in Malay: roti lapis, sandwic
sandwich in Indonesian: roti apit, roti lapis
sandwich in Thai: แซนด์วิช sɛɛn-wít
sandwich in Vietnamese: bánh mì kẹp, xăng-uých, xăng-đuých, kẹp
sandwich in Myanmar: ဆန်းဒဝစ် hcan:da.wac, အသားညှပ်မုန့် a.sa:hnyapmun.

Examples of sandwich in a sentence

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...
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:
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...
I clothed desperate families, and sandwiched and teaed many distracted souls.1953, [Irene Curzon, 2nd] Baroness Ravensdale, In Many Rhythms: An Autobiography, page 249:

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Synonyms of sandwich

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sarnie

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Forms of sandwich

Noun
plural	sandwiches
plural	Sandwiches
plural (rare)	sandwichs
alternative form (colloquial)	sammich
alternative form (colloquial)	samwich
alternative form (colloquial)	sangwich
alternative form (obsolete)	Sandwich
Verb
third-person singular present	sandwiches
present participle	sandwiching
past participle	sandwiched
past	sandwiched
Proper noun
plural	Sandwiches

Past tense of sandwich: sandwiched

Plural of sandwich: sandwiches

Origin of sandwich

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

The family name is from Old English Sandwīċ, from sand + wīċ (“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”), equivalent to sand + -wich.

Words formed from sandwich

Phrases with sandwich

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Words that rhyme with sandwich

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Questions about sandwich

What does sandwich mean?: Sandwich means 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.
What is sandwich in Hindi?: Sandwich in Hindi is सैंडविच (saiṇḍvic). See Sandwich meaning in Hindi.
How do you use sandwich in a sentence?: 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.
What part of speech is sandwich?: Sandwich can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sandwich?: Sandwich is pronounced /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of sandwich?: The plural of sandwich is sandwiches.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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