English Explanatory Dictionary

third-pounder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (typically beef) hamburger sandwich, whose patty weighed 1/3 of a lb (pound) before cooking.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, pounder.
adj
  1. Having the weight of 1/3 of a pound.

Word forms

third-pounder third-pounders third pounder

Etymology

From third + pound + -er, modelled on quarter-pounder.

Synonyms

third-pound

Related words

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