Found 2 items, similar to subs.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sub
sub
n 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 [syn:
bomber,
grinder,
hero,
hero sandwich,
hoagie,
hoagy,
Cuban sandwich
,
Italian sandwich,
poor boy,
submarine,
submarine sandwich,
torpedo,
wedge,
zep]
2: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes [syn:
submarine,
pigboat,
U-boat]
[also:
subbing,
subbed]
sub
v : be a substitute;
“The young teacher had to substitute for
the sick colleague”;
“The skim milk substitutes for
cream--we are on a strict diet” [syn:
substitute,
stand in
,
fill in]
[also:
subbing,
subbed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: sub
submarine sandwich
\sub`ma*rine“ sand”wich\, n.
A large sandwich on an elongated roll, usually incompletely
cut into two halves, filed with various cold cuts, meatballs,
lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, olives, etc., and spiced
variously, and often having oil or other dressing applied;
called also
hoagie,
hero,
hero sandwich,
grinder,
sub,
submarine,
poor boy, and
Italian sandwich. A
single such sandwich may consitute a substantial meal. Very
large variants are sometimes prepared for social gatherings
and cut into pieces for individual consumption.
[PJC]
Submarine
\Sub`ma*rine"\, n.
1. A submarine boat; a ship that can travel under the surface
of the water. Most such ships are ships of war, as part of
a navy, but submarines are also used for oceanic research.
Also called
sub and (from the German U-Boot)
U-boat.
esp., (Nav.), a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif.
submergible submarine when capable of operating at
various depths and of traveling considerable distances
under water, and
submersible submarine when capable of
being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning
tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and
most of the former type are submerged as desired by
regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast
tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type
effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal
rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the
ballast tanks.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
2. A stowaway on a seagoing vessel. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
3. A
submarine sandwich.
[PJC]
Nuclear submarine A submarine powered by a nuclear reactor.
Attack submarine A submarine designed to attack other
ships, including other submarines.