Pre-Sandwich

1. A food item that includes the basic fundamentals of otherwise being a sandwich but lacks the substantive component of a separated edible enclosure to meet the full definition of a sandwich, ex, a hot dog.

2. A food item that has the potentiality to become a sandwich if the edible enclosure were separated via cutting utensil.

Subway Employee: "Do you want drinks, chips, or a cookie or are you just getting the sandwich today?"

Me: "Actually, I noticed you only cut one slit in the bread, thus making it a pre-sandwich since the bread is not two separates pieces. And yes, I'll take a medium drink."