English Explanatory Dictionary

burger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hamburger.
  2. A similar sandwich or patty.
  3. Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).
  4. A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
  5. An American.
noun
  1. Alternative form of burgher.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”).
  2. A white wine grape of French origin.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɜː.ɡə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-burger.wav /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/

Word forms

burger burgers

Etymology

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. First use appears c. 1937. Sense 5 is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

Synonyms

burger

Related words

cheeseburger

Derived words

40 burger 50 burger Assburgers Aussie burger baconburger banquet burger beanburger beefburger bitch burger buffaloburger burger bar burger bun burger burn burger flipper burger highlife Burger League burgerless burgerlicious burgerlike burger menu burgernomics burger sauce burger steak burgery butterburger California burger Carolina burger charburger chicken burger chori burger clamburger crabburger crab burger Dagwood burger deerburger eat a burger elkburger fishburger flip burgers fur burger garden-burger garden burger hamburger Hawaii burger lamburger Luther burger miniburger mushroomburger nonburger noodleburger nothing-burger nothing burger nutburger Oklahoma onion burger olive burger pizzaburger porkburger Ramly burger salmonburger shrimpburger
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