sandwich Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
  2. verb make into a sandwich
  3. verb insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects
    • She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men

WordNet

Sand"wich noun
Etymology
Named from the Earl of Sandwich.
Definitions
  1. Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.
  2. Any food composed of two pieces of bread with another food in between.
  3. Any object composed of two layers of one subtance on either side of a second substance.
Sand"wich transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sandwiched ; present participle & verbal noun Sandwiching
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913