English Explanatory Dictionary

quarter-pounder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

quarter-pounder quarter-pounders quarter pounder quarterpounder

Etymology

From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.

Synonyms

quarter-pound

Related words

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

Translations

French: quart de livre
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