triple-decker
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈtrɪpəlˌdɛkər/
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sándwich triple
- I'm gonna get a triple-decker turkey club.
- triple-decker sandwich
Examples
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Perhaps the most unusual is this triple-decker in St. Mark's Basilica, Venice.
Blog text (15) -
One triple-decker, please.
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Tommy already owns three triple-deckers, although he has put two of them back on the market.
Fiction book (2001) -
- You're a triple-decker sandwich.
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The triple decker.
Blog text (22) -
Say a triple-decker hamburger?
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The gray triple-deckers were being painted pastel colors, refloored, given new foundations and kitchen cabinets, and sold as condos for up to half a million dollars apiece.
Fiction book (2001) -
I ordered a triple-decker sandwich filled with chicken, lettuce, and tomatoes.
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At the picnic, everyone enjoyed a triple-decker stacked high with pastrami and cheese.
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For lunch, she made a delicious triple-decker with layers of ham, turkey, and avocado.
Synonyms
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1.0
Two slices of bread with food like meat or cheese between them for a meal
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1.6
A sandwich with three slices of toasted bread and layers of cooked chicken or turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise
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8.4
A sandwich made with bread and a filling like ham and cheese
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
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Etymology
Triple-decker comes from triple ('three') and decker, from deck ('level' or 'floor'), like a double-decker bus with two levels. So a triple-decker sandwich is easy to picture: three levels of bread and filling stacked on top of each other.