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sub

/sʌb/noun, verb1 syllable

Sub means: 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.

Synonyms for sub21

noun, as in 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

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

noun, as in a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

submarine, pigboat

verb, as in be a substitute

substitute, stand in, fill in

also used for sub

see submarine sandwich, CC, S

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What does sub mean?3

noun

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

2

a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

verb

1

be a substitute“The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sub?11

one syllable

clubpubhubrubtubscrubdubcubshrubgrubstub
Show 40 near rhymes
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Sub in a sentence

  • I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.unknown
  • The sub is ready to fire its missiles.Amastan
  • I want a sub rosa investigation of the bodies.User13844
  • They’re degrading what is already a sub-optimal force.sacredceltic
  • The sub-occipital approach was used to remove the brain tumor.mccarras
  • Zoology has a number of sub-disciplines and related fields.Vanilla
  • He will slice the cheese for the subs.Amastan
  • Algeria wants to export its products to sub-Saharan countries.Amastan

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Forms of sub

as a noun

plural
subs

as a verb

past tense
subbed
present participle
subbing
third-person singular
subs
past participle
subbed