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Meaning of sub

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}, {sub},
           {submarine}, {submarine sandwich}, {torpedo}, {wedge},
           {zep}]
      2: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes [syn:
         {submarine}, {pigboat}, {sub}, {U-boat}]
      v 1: 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}, {sub}, {stand
           in}, {fill in}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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