HAMBURGER

hamburger, beefburger, burger

(noun) a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hamburger (countable and uncountable, plural hamburgers)

A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.

The patty used in such a sandwich.

(uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.

(US, colloquial, somewhat, crude) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.

A hamburger button.

Synonyms

• (sandwich): beefburger

• (patty): hamburger patty

Hypernyms

• (sandwich): burger

Hyponyms

(sandwich, patty)

• slider

• quarter-pounder

• cheeseburger

Coordinate terms

(sandwich, patty)

• chicken burger

• fish burger

• lamb burger

• pork burger

• vegeburger

• soyburger

Etymology

Noun

Hamburger (plural Hamburgers)

A person from Hamburg.

Source: Wiktionary



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