roast beef sandwich
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- noun
- /roʊst biːf ˈsænwɪtʃ/
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sándwich de carne asada
- I would like a double-thick roast beef sandwich, medium rare, on rye bread... ...with mustard on the top, mayonnaise on the bottom.
- eat a roast beef sandwich
- roast beef sandwich with mustard
- hot roast beef sandwich
You can't just go from roast beef sandwiches to pizza.
- You can't just go from roast beef sandwiches to pizza.
Examples
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All he remembers is burnt toast, cold soup, and roast beef sandwiches made mostly of gristle.
Fiction book (1998) -
When you guys go down to dinner, would you mind bringing back a roast beef sandwich, rare, and a piece of huckleberry pie, Lieutenant.
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Say, "I want the roast beef sandwich."
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I have something to add to the roast beef sandwiches.
Blog text (24) -
A nice roast beef sandwich with horseradish on it.
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So finally, I stood in line for a hot roast beef sandwich and coleslaw, and then I went home.
Fiction book (1994) -
"What I want," Charlie said in the Spender's Ferry Coffee Shop ten minutes later, "is a roast beef sandwich with lots of gravy."
Fiction book (1990) -
I liked him because he talked about city things like corner delis, roast beef sandwiches, and where to get the best kosher pickles.
Fiction book (1997) -
After a few hours, his relief came in, and he went for a roast-beef sandwich with hot mustard but didn't see Henderson or Sergeant DeJesus in the galley.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'll have the classic roast beef sandwich with some mustard and pickles on it.
Synonyms
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Two slices of bread with food like meat or cheese between them for a meal
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Morphology
The meaning 'a sandwich filled with slices of roast beef' is directly and transparently derived from the constituents 'roast' (meat prepared with heat), 'beef' (cow meat), and 'sandwich' (filling between bread). This noun–noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic descriptive pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the component words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The name roast beef sandwich comes from the simple picture of slices of roasted meat (roast beef) placed between two pieces of bread (sandwich). That's why it means 'a sandwich filled with slices of roast beef'.