sub sandwich

American  

[suhb sand-wich] / ˈsʌb ˈsænd wɪtʃ /

noun

sub sandwiches plural

1. a sandwich made by splitting a long bread roll lengthwise and inserting items such as meat, cheese, and other fillings.

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Inflected Forms

noun

• sub sandwiches
  plural

Example Sentences

The star of many a tailgate is a submarine, or sub, sandwich.

From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2023

The menu is a tight selection of Korean-fusion burritos, one sub sandwich and a few appetizers: egg rolls, pot stickers, a salad.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

When a student at a sub sandwich shop asked about his short political résumé, O'Rourke cited the town hall meetings he held as a congressman and his time on the El Paso City Council.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2019

The chain of more than 27,000 domestic sub sandwich shops began featuring Mr. Fogle in commercials in 2000 after the then-college student claimed he’d lost weight by exercising and adopting a diet of Subway sandwiches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 19, 2015

“I’d definitely take this camp over a basketball camp,” Garvan Vines, 15, of Bowie, Md., said as he finished a bite of a sub sandwich.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2015