sub (
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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]
v : be a substitute [syn:
substitute,
stand in,
fill in]