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Sandwich

Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.

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Narrower term 10

Butty 76% connected

One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.

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Grinder 76% connected

One who, or that which, grinds.

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Hero 76% connected

An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

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Sub 76% connected

A subordinate; a subaltern.

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Submarine 76% connected

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Three-decker 76% connected

A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

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Torpedo 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving…

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Wedge 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

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Western 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, t…

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Wrap 76% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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Broader term 8

Devise 76% connected

To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive;…

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Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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Infix 76% connected

To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Machinate 76% connected

To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.

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Organize 76% connected

To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Component part 2

Bread 70% connected

To spread.

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Breadstuff 70% connected

Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.

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Containing whole 2

Meal 70% connected

A part; a fragment; a portion.

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Repast 70% connected

The act of taking food.

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