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Reuben

Reuben

5.1
A hot sandwich with corned beef, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut grilled on rye bread
  • noun
  • /ˈruːbən/
  • US
translation icon : sándwich Reuben
  • At the deli, I enjoyed a hot Reuben grilled to perfection.

Oh my gosh, we'll do a whole vegan Reuben sampling.

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Examples

  • The pastrami Reuben, I don't think my mouth is as big as yours.

  • I ordered a classic Reuben sandwich with corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye.

  • I got this special of the day and it's this huge piece of fish made into a Reuben sandwich.

    Kara and Nate

  • Oh my gosh, we'll do a whole vegan Reuben sampling.

    Dr. Mayim Bialik

  • The pastrami Reuben, I don't think my mouth is as big as yours.

  • Not as good as a regular Reuben, but you know, it's not quite as tempeh Temptane.

  • Yeah, they're a fine bunch of reubens.

    Serenity (2005)

  • For lunch, I chose a Reuben, packed with savory pastrami and melted cheese.

Synonyms

sandwich
vsReuben
800 1.0

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

is a particular hot grilled version with set meat cheese and sauerkraut
sammy
vsReuben
  • Informal
1 8.4

A sandwich made with bread and a filling like ham and cheese

is a specific hot grilled recipe with fixed ingredients rather than a casual term

Surface Forms

Reuben singular
Reubens plural

Etymology

Reuben (the sandwich) was probably named after a real person. One popular story says a man called Reuben Kulakofsky made the grilled meat and cheese sandwich for friends, and the food took his name, which is why we call it a Reuben today.