Food / B1

SAHN-ee/ˈsɑːni/

A sarnie is informal UK for a sandwich. Butty is more northern; sarnie is widely understood. Sandwich is the word for menus and writing. Countable: a cheese sarnie. Often packed for lunch or bought at a café.

Meaning

A sandwich (UK informal).

Examples

• “She packed a cheese sarnie for her lunch at work.”
• “I had a ham sarnie and a cup of tea at my desk.”
• “They do a good breakfast sarnie at the station kiosk.”

Good to know

a sarnie (UK informal). Close: a butty. Neutral: a sandwich.

Near in meaning

sandwich, butty

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