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Sub| Noun | 1. | sub - 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 Stateshero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them | | | 2. | sub - a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoesattack submarine - a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping conning tower - a raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting escape hatch - hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency periscope - an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field asdic, echo sounder, sonar - a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging; asdic is an acronym for anti-submarine detection investigation committee | | | Verb | 1. | sub - 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"exchange, interchange, change - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" | |
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