|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| BLT |
a toasted sandwich made with fried bacon, strips of lettuce, and sliced tomato. |
| burger |
a cooked ground beef patty, usu. served as a sandwich; hamburger. [2 definitions] |
| cheesesteak |
a type of sandwich with thinly sliced beef topped with cheese, broiled on a submarine roll. |
| club sandwich |
a sandwich of three or more layers of bread, often toasted, that is filled with layers of meat, cheese, tomato, mayonnaise, and the like. |
| Dagwood sandwich |
(informal) a many-layered, ludicrously large sandwich with a wide variety of fillings. |
| double-decker |
a food item that has two main layers, esp. a sandwich that has two layers of filling between three slices of bread. [1/3 definitions] |
| falafel |
a sandwich made of falafel, diced tomato or cucumber, sometimes onions or lettuce, and a sauce, usu. stuffed into pita bread. [1/2 definitions] |
| grilled cheese |
shortened form of "grilled cheese sandwich," a cheese sandwich, usually made with white bread, that has been toasted in a skillet until the cheese has melted and the bread is golden brown on the outer sides. |
| grilled cheese sandwich |
a cheese sandwich, usually made with white bread, that has been toasted in a skillet until the cheese is melted and the bread is golden brown on the outer sides. |
| gyro2 |
a sandwich made of pita bread stuffed with meat roasted on a rotating spit or skewer and various vegetables and condiments. |
| hamburger |
ground beef in bulk or in a patty, or the sandwich in which such meat is commonly served. |
| hero sandwich |
a large sandwich composed of fillings such as meats, vegetables, and cheeses between the halves of a long roll of bread, usu. Italian bread; submarine; poor boy. |
| open-faced |
of a sandwich, not having a top slice of bread. [1/2 definitions] |
| poor boy |
see "hero sandwich." |
| Reuben |
a hot sandwich made with rye bread filled with corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and a dressing. |
| sarnie |
(chiefly British; informal) a sandwich. |
| sub |
shortened form of "submarine sandwich," a large sandwich consisting of a long roll filled with a variable assortment of meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments; hero sandwich. [1/5 definitions] |
| submarine |
a submarine sandwich; sub. [1/4 definitions] |
| submarine sandwich |
a large sandwich consisting of a long roll filled with a variable assortment of meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments; hero sandwich. |
| three-decker |
something with three levels or layers, esp. a sandwich with three slices of bread; triple-decker. [1/2 definitions] |
| wrap |
a sandwich-like food that consists of a filling such as meat or vegetables rolled up in a thin layer of soft bread. [1/11 definitions] |
|
|