1 (also BrE informal sarnie) two slices of bread, often spread with butter, with a layer of meat, cheese, etc. between them:
a ham / chicken sandwich * a sandwich bar (= a place that sells sandwiches)
seealsoCLUBSANDWICH
2 (BrE) (in compounds) a SPONGECAKE consisting of two layers with jam and/or cream between them:
a chocolate sponge sandwich * a sandwich tin (= for baking such a cake in)
Part of speech: verb
PHRASALVERBS
sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth [usuallypassive] to fit sth/sb into a very small space between two other things or people, or between two times:
I was sandwiched between two fat men on the bus. * Their house is sandwiched between a supermarket and a school.
sandwich A and B together (with sth) to put sth between two things to join them:
Sandwich the cakes together with cream.
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