English Explanatory Dictionary

half-pounder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to being cooked.
  2. A burger sandwich with a patty of such an uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
  3. A burger patty of such an uncooked weight.
  4. A food item similar to a patty of such an uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
  5. A sandwich weighing approximately half a pound.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, pounder: Anything weighing half a pound.
adj
  1. Having a weight of a 1/2 of a pound.

Word forms

half-pounder half-pounders half pounder halfpounder

Etymology

From half + pound + -er.

Synonyms

half-pound

Related words

full-pound full-pounder half pound pounder quarter-pound quarter-pounder third-pound third-pounder
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