sandwich
part of speech
noun (sandwich, sandwiches); verb (sandwich, sandwiches, sandwiched, sandwiching)
meaning for a pupil
1) A sandwich is two slices of bread with food such as cheese, ham or jam between them. tree →
2) To be sandwiched is to be squeezed between two things or people. tree →
sense in the lessons
a food item made, bought or counted; may use 2 slices of bread each; in everyday life: a packed lunch, a picnic, a sandwich shop; in health: wash your hands before making food; phrases: «a cheese sandwich», «sandwiched between»; history: named after the Earl of Sandwich
examples
- Mum made 12 sandwiches for the picnic. tree →
- Each sandwich uses 2 slices of bread. tree →
- A sandwich costs 4 dollars. tree →
- They ate 3 sandwiches each. tree →
- I have a cheese and tomato sandwich in my lunch box. tree →
- She cut her sandwich into triangles. tree →
- The small car was sandwiched between two lorries. tree →
- The sandwich is named after the Earl of Sandwich. tree →
- I have a sandwich in my hand.’ tree →
note
A counted item; «2 slices per sandwich» is a rate (12 sandwiches → 24 slices). Trap: cutting a sandwich in half makes 2 pieces, but it is still 1 sandwich. Plural: sandwiches.
In the corpora
- Gulls are bold and clever, and they learn that people carry food, so some snatch chips and sandwiches at the seaside.
- Writing your own sentence with each word fixes spelling and meaning together: «I accidentally dropped my sandwich.»
- "A few sandwiches short of a picnic" (UK) means stupid or a bit mad.
- Pizza, sandwiches, chips and chicken drumsticks are finger foods, and most other foods are eaten with cutlery.
- Every day for three weeks, Noah in Austin threw his sandwich in the school bin because he did not like the crusts.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sandwich» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.