to sandwich

Definition of to sandwich in English English dictionary: one of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:; an English habitational surname originating from this town; a town in Kent, south-east England, one of the historic Cinque Ports; Any combination formed by layering material of one type between two layers of material of another type; To place one item between two other, usually flat, items; Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner; one of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or a person bearing the surname; {i} port town in Kent (England), one of the Cinque Ports; insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men"; {i} food made by placing food between two slices of bread; (British) sponge cake that consists of two or more layers with cream or jam between them; A snack formed of various ingredients between two slices of bread; two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them; Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them; two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men; 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; If you sandwich two things together with something else, you put that other thing between them. If you sandwich one thing between two other things, you put it between them. Sandwich the two halves of the sponge together with cream see also sandwiched. to be in a very small space between two other things be sandwiched in/between sb/sth; A sandwich usually consists of two slices of bread with a layer of food such as cheese or meat between them. a ham sandwich; {f} make a sandwich; place between two things; make into a sandwich