double-decker sandwich
- noun
- /ˈdʌbəlˌdɛkər ˈsænwɪtʃ/
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sándwich de tres pisos
- I made a double-decker sandwich for lunch.
Examples
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She ordered a huge double-decker sandwich for lunch.
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At the deli, the chef prepared a classic double-decker sandwich with ham and cheese.
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The double-decker sandwich was filled with turkey, bacon, and fresh vegetables.
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Have you ever tried a double-decker sandwich?
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At the picnic, I made a delicious double-decker sandwich filled with turkey and cheese.
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For lunch, she always packs a hearty double-decker sandwich with layers of ham and lettuce.
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The children were excited to have a double-decker sandwich with peanut butter and jelly for their snack.
Synonyms
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A sandwich with three slices of bread and two layers of filling
A sandwich made with three slices of bread and filling between each slice
How Filling
Surface Forms
Morphology
double-decker + sandwich
The meaning is compositionally transparent: 'double-decker' indicates two stacked levels and 'sandwich' names the layered food, so a sandwich with two layers/three slices is directly inferable from the parts. This follows common compounding and attributive patterns in English (e.g. double-decker bus/cake) and would be obvious to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Double-decker sandwich comes from its stacked shape: double and decker make you think of a 'double-decker bus' with two levels. So a double-decker sandwich has 'three slices' of bread and 'two layers' of filling, which is why the name means a sandwich with two stacked layers.