HERO SANDWICH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hero sandwich mean? 

• HERO SANDWICH (noun)
  The noun HERO SANDWICH has 1 sense:

1. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

  Familiarity information: HERO SANDWICH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERO SANDWICH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bomber; Cuban sandwich; grinder; hero; hero sandwich; hoagie; hoagy; Italian sandwich; poor boy; sub; submarine; submarine sandwich; torpedo; wedge; zep

Hypernyms ("hero sandwich" is a kind of...):

sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)