Standard Lemma guide

sandwich

adj · name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈsæm.wɪd͡ʒ]
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈsæ̃.wɪd͡ʒ]
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ without æ-raising
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈsæmˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] without æ-raising
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈsæ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] without æ-raising
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈsɛə̯nˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/ æ-raising
  • [ˈsɛə̯mˌ(w)ɪt͡ʃ] æ-raising
  • [ˈsɛ̃ˌwɪt͡ʃ] æ-raising
  • /ˈsæn.(d)wɪd͡ʒ/ Maryland
  • rhymes with -ɪdʒ
  • rhymes with -ɪtʃ
  • homophone: SDCH
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE1 N D W IH0 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S AE1 N W IH0 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: S AE1 M W IH0 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

An English habitational surname originating from this town.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:

A city in DeKalb County and Kendall County, Illinois, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:

A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:

A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A layer cake or sandwich cake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Obsolete form of sandwich.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To place (an item) physically between two other, usually flat, items.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To put or set between two other events in time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To double penetrate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: lifestyle, sex, sexuality

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To feed sandwiches to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To eat sandwiches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: snack food

Narrower terms: butty, ham sandwich, chicken sandwich, club sandwich, three-decker, triple-decker, open-face sandwich, open sandwich, hamburger, beefburger, burger, tunaburger, hotdog, hot dog, red hot, Sloppy Joe, bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep, gyro, bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich, BLT, Reuben, western, western sandwich, wrap

18

verb

Meaning 18

insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: insert, infix, enter, introduce

19

verb

Meaning 19

make into a sandwich

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: toebroodjie — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Albanian: sanduiç — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Albanian: sandviç — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Antillean Creole: sandouch — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Arabic: سَانْدَوِيتْش (sandawitš) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Arabic: شَطِيرَة (šaṭīra) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Arabic: سَانْدَوِيش (sāndawīš) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Arabic: سندويتش (sandawetš) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Arabic: سندويشة (sandawīša) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Arabic: ساندوتش (sāndwitš) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Arabic: سندويشة (sandwīše) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Tunisian Arabic: كسكروت (kaskrūt) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Armenian: սենդվիչ (sendvičʻ) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Asturian: sándwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Asturian: bocáu — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Asturian: bocadillu — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Azerbaijani: sandviç — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Azerbaijani: dürmək — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Azerbaijani: buterbrod — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Bashkir: сэндвич (sendviç) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Belarusian: сэ́ндвіч (séndvič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Belarusian: бутэрбро́д (buterbród) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Bengali: স্যান্ডউইচ (sênḍouic) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Breton: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Bulgarian: са́ндвич (sándvič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Burmese: ဆန်းဒဝစ် (hcan:da.wac) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Burmese: အသားညှပ်မုန့် (a.sa:hnyapmun.) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Catalan: entrepà — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Catalan: sandvitx — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Catalan: badall — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏛᎭᏟ (asdvhatli) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Chinese Cantonese: 三文治 (saam1 man4 zi6) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Hakka Chinese: 三明治 (sâm-mìn-chhṳ) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三明治 (sānmíngzhì) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三文治 (sānwénzhì) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三味治 (sānwèizhì) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Wu Chinese: 三明治 (1se-min-zy) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Cornish: baramanyn — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Cornish: maw — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Czech: sendvič — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Danish: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Danish: amagermad — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Dutch: boterham — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Dutch: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Erzya: ой-кши (oj-kši) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Esperanto: sandviĉo — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Estonian: võileib — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Estonian: võiku — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Estonian: sändvitš — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Faroese: tvíflís — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Finnish: kerrosvoileipä — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Finnish: voileipä — dish — see also open sandwich
  • French: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • West-Frisian: brogge — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Galician: sándwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Galician: bocadillo — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Georgian: სენდვიჩი (sendviči) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Georgian: ბუტერბროდი (buṭerbrodi) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • German: belegtes Brot — dish — see also open sandwich
  • German: Sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • German: Stulle — dish — see also open sandwich
  • German: Schnitte — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Greek: σάντουιτς (sántouits) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Ancient Greek: ἀρτόκρεας (artókreas) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Ancient Greek: ἀρτότυρος (artóturos) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Haitian Creole: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Hawaiian: kanauika — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Hebrew: כָּרִיך (karíkh) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Hebrew: סֶנדוִיץ׳ (séndvich) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Hindi: सैंडविच (saiṇḍvic) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Hungarian: szendvics — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Icelandic: samloka — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Ido: sandwicho — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Ido: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Indonesian: roti apit — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Indonesian: roti lapis — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Irish: ceapaire — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Italian: tramezzino — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Italian: panino — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Japanese: サンドイッチ (sandoitchi) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Japanese: サンド (sando) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Kashubian: sztula — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Kazakh: сэндвич (séndviç) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Kazakh: бутерброд (buterbrod) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Khmer: នំប៉័ងដាក់សាច់ (num pang dak sac) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Korean: 샌드위치 (saendeuwichi) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Korean: 겹빵이 (gyeopppang'i) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Kyrgyz: сэндвич (sendvic) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Kyrgyz: бутерброд (buterbrod) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Lao: ເຂົ້າຈີ່ຢັດໄສ້ (khao chī yat sai) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Latvian: sendvičs — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Lithuanian: sumuštinis — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Lombard: sanguis — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Macedonian: сендвич (sendvič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Malay: roti lapis — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Malay: sandwic — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Manx: braghtan — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Māori: hanawiti — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Marshallese: jāānwūj — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Mongolian: хачиртай талх (xačirtaj talx) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Mongolian: сэндвич (sendvič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Navajo: bááh atsįʼ bił ałchʼįʼ ádaatʼéhígíí — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Navajo: atsįʼ bááh bił ałchʼįʼ átʼéhígíí — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Norman: sannouiche — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Norman: beurrée — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Norman: doraïe — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Norwegian Bokmål: smørbrød — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smørbrød — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Occitan: entrepan — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Occitan: entrelesca — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Occitan: sandoich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Occitan: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Pannonian Rusyn: сендвич (sendvič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Iranian Persian: سانْدِویچ (sândevič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Iranian Persian: بَزْماوَرْد (bazmâvard) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Iranian Persian: لُقْمِه (loġme) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Piedmontese: sànguis — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Plautdietsch: Sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Polish: kanapka — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Portuguese: sanduíche — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Portuguese: sandes — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Portuguese: sanduba — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Romanian: sandviș — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Romanian: tartină — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Romansh: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Russian: са́ндвич (sándvič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Russian: сэ́ндвич (sɛ́ndvič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Russian: бутербро́д (buterbród, butɛrbród) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Northern Sami: vuodjaláibi — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Northern Sami: uodjaláibi — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceapaire — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Serbo-Croatian: се̏ндвич — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȅndvič — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Silesian: klapsznita — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Sinhalese: සැන්ඩ්විච් (sænḍwic) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Slovak: sendvič — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Slovak: obložený chlieb — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Slovene: sendvič — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: sándwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: sánduche — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: sánguche — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: emparedado — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: torta — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: bocadillo — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: bocata — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: friquitaqui — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: sandwiche — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Spanish: sangüiche — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Swedish: dubbelmacka — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Swedish: smörgås — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Swedish: macka — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Swedish: sandwich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Tajik: сандвич (sandvič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Telugu: అప్పచ్చి (appacci) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Thai: แซนด์วิช (sɛɛn-wít) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Tibetan: སན་ཊ་ཝིཆི (san ṭa wichi) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Turkish: sandviç — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Turkmen: buterbrod — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Turkmen: sandwiç — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Tuvan: бутерброд (buterbrod) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Ukrainian: се́ндвіч (séndvič) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Ukrainian: бутербро́д (buterbród) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Urdu: سَینْڈْوِچ (sainḍvic) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Uyghur: ساندۋىچ (sandwich) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Uzbek: sandvich — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Uzbek: buterbrod — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Vietnamese: bánh mì kẹp — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Vietnamese: xăng-uých — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Vietnamese: xăng-đuých — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Vilamovian: klapśnytła — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Volapük: sändvig — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Võro: võidleib — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Võro: võiuleib — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Welsh: brechdan — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Yiddish: שניטקע (shnitke) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Yiddish: סענדוויטש (sendvitsh) — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Yoruba: san-wiiṣi — dish — see also open sandwich
  • Finnish: sandwich-rakenne — combination material
  • Finnish: täytekakku — layer cake or sandwich cake
  • Finnish: voileipäkakku — layer cake or sandwich cake
  • Finnish: kerrostaa — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • German: einklemmen — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • German: einzwängen — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Japanese: サンドする (sando suru) — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Japanese: 挟む (hasamu) — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Portuguese: ensanduichar — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Portuguese: sanduichar — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Russian: зажима́ть (zažimátʹ) — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Russian: зажа́ть (zažátʹ) — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Russian: вти́скивать (vtískivatʹ) — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Russian: вти́снуть (vtísnutʹ) — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Vietnamese: kẹp — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • Vietnamese: khoác — to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
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