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BLT

BLT

11 1.8
A sandwich with bacon, lettuce, and tomato, usually on toasted bread with mayonnaise
  • noun
  • /biː ɛl tiː/
translation icon : sándwich de bacon, lechuga y tomate
  • For lunch, I enjoyed a classic BLT with crispy bacon, fresh lettuce, and juicy tomato.
  • BLT sandwich
  • BLT with bacon
  • BLT with lettuce

Oh, I also got fries with my BLT because of course, and I love fat fries like this.

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Examples

  • In Woolworth's, she ordered her regular: a BLT with potato chips.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I'd like a BLT with the mayo and some pickles.

  • This is your typical BLT here, OK?

    GQ
  • You wanna stop and get a BLT?

  • Heather ordered a salad, a BLT, and coffee.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I guess I'll take a BLT with fries and a Coke.

  • Yeah, I'll take the BLT, extra mayo and a soda.

  • I always make BLTS in the summertime.

  • Darcy collects two BLTs from Menu Man and delivers them to a couple in the corner.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The restaurant features a mix of unique and classic dishes, including Fried Green Tomato BLTs, cheeseburgers, and hot browns.

    Blog text (17)

Synonyms

sandwich
vsBLT
800 1.0

Two slices of bread with food like meat or cheese between them for a meal

is a specific type of that same food item with bacon lettuce and tomato

A sandwich with bacon, lettuce and tomato that often has mayonnaise

is the shorter, abbreviated name used for the same food item

How Filling

BLT
11 1.8
sandwich
800 1.0
snack
471 1.0

Surface Forms

BLT singular
BLTs plural

Morphology

BLT = bacon + lettuce + tomato (semi-transparent) = B + L + T

The item is formed from the initial letters of 'bacon, lettuce, tomato', so knowing those foods makes the meaning clear, but the letter sequence may be opaque to learners unfamiliar with the abbreviation.

Etymology

BLT is simply the first letters of bacon, lettuce, and tomato, so the name is an easy code for a sandwich made with those three ingredients.