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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Something, such as a structure or sandwich, that has three decks, floors, or layers.

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  • noun made with three slices of usually toasted bread

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Examples

  • Mimi Ritzen Crawford for The Wall Street Journal A triple-decker pastrami, corned beef and salami sandwich with Russian dressing is $23 at the Second Avenue Deli.

    New York Photos of the Week: Aug. 21-26 2011

  • The high-ceilinged dining room has seen better days, but the kitchen continues firing on all cylinders, turning out comforting classics like matzo ball soup, Roumanian pastrami, kasha varnishkes, unmissable steak fries and a triple-decker sandwich taller than it is wide.

    Lore of Old New York 2011

  • Their beat was a rhythmic triple-decker — and a new approach to R & B.

    The Rhythm of Rock 'n' Roll: 'It's All in the 1, 2, 3' Marc Myers 2010

  • I ditched the notion of sheeted layers for a triple-decker round instead, with a base of chocolate instead of the vanilla in the original.

    Finding My Marbles! Sarah 2009

  • Variety rules: you can order the po'boys on a French loaf or a large bun, or as a triple-decker.

    The Crescent City's Greatest Po'boys Steve Garbarino 2011

  • This is probably a good time to point out that a number of casual sports fans consider the NBA regular season to be an unnecessary appetizer—one of those overpriced triple-decker seafood plateaus that nobody really needs.

    These Days, Everyone Can Stand the Heat Jason Gay 2011

  • I pull up to Barney's "triple-decker," a somewhat run-down example of the three-floored apartment buildings that make up much of Boston's older housing stock.

    Me & Barney the Purple Dinosaur Con Chapman 2011

  • The triple-decker pastrami, corned beef and salami sandwich with Russian dressing $23 borders the structurally unsound.

    Second Moves Up First 2011

  • I ditched the notion of sheeted layers for a triple-decker round instead, with a base of chocolate instead of the vanilla in the original.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Sarah 2009

  • My best (though rusty) attempt at the triple-decker genitive-possessive is

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

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