submarine

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
noun 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
verb move forward or under in a sliding motion

From sub- + marine.

If every ship in the world was submarined and every baby drowned, Kitty wouldn't turn a hair. — Rilla of Ingleside, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
He had devoted himself to submarine engineering, and, having an independent spirit, he carved his way very much as a freelance. — Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
He pretended that he was a character in one of the fantastic novels about a world-war when he saw such items as "Russians invading Prussia," "Japs will enter war," "Aeroplane and submarine attack English cruiser." — The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life, Sinclair Lewis

pigboat, sub, U-boat

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