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What's The Definition Of Sub?

[n] a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
[n] 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
[v] be a substitute

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sub: bomber | Cuban sandwich | fill in | grinder | hero | hero sandwich | hoagie | hoagy | Italian sandwich | pigboat | poor boy | stand in | submarine | submarine | submarine sandwich | substitute | torpedo | U-boat | wedge | zep

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See Also | asdic | attack submarine | auxiliary research submarine | breather | change | conning tower | echo sounder | escape hatch | exchange | fleet ballistic missile submarine | interchange | nautilus | nuclear submarine | nuclear-powered submarine | periscope | sandwich | schnorchel | schnorkel | snorkel | snorkel breather | sonar | submersible | submersible warship

Sub In Webster's Dictionary

\Sub-\ [L. sub under, below; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. upa to, on, under, over. Cf. {Hypo-}, {Super-}.] 1. A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-). 2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. [Obsoles.]
\Sub\, n. A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]

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