hamburger
Pronunciation: /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/
The English word “hamburger” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
- The patty used in such a sandwich.
- Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
- An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
- Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.
verb
Etymology
Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.
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