English Explanatory Dictionary

hamburger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Ingridents used in this type of sandwich:
  3. The patty used in such a sandwich.
  4. Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
  5. An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
  6. Ellipsis of hamburger button.
  7. Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.
verb
  1. To badly injure or damage (a fleshy part of the body).
noun
  1. A person from Hamburg.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/ /ˈhæm.bə.ɡə/ /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/ /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡɚ/ /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡəɹ/ /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡɐ/ /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡəɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hamburger.wav /ˈhæmbɜːɡə/ /ˈhæmbɝɡɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-Hamburger.wav

Word forms

hamburger hamburgers hamburgher hamburgering hamburgered

Etymology

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

Synonyms

beefburger liberty sandwich hamburger patty Hamburgian

Related words

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Derived words

$100 hamburger burger cheeseburger cheesehamburger Chinese hamburger gardenburger Gomez's Hamburger hamburger button hamburger icon hamburgerless hamburgerlike hamburger menu hamburgerologist hamburgerology hamburger roundabout hamburger sauce hamburger steak hot hamburger sandwich hundred-dollar hamburger minihamburger shamburger soyburger vegeburger vegetarian hamburger
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