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hamburger

hamburger

65 1.0
Raw ground beef used to make patties or meat dishes
  • noun
  • /ˈhæmˌbɜrɡər/
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  • Sometimes he believes he can smell their dinner: chicken, hamburger, barbecue ribs.
  • undercooked hamburger

I got some some ground hamburger meat.

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Examples

  • And we'll make it out of hamburger meat as one does.

  • At the diner, the special was a classic hamburger with fries on the side.

  • My wife bought better hamburger last year.

  • I know a hamburger stand...

  • I want to go through the ingredient list here, but basic hamburger is made of this ground beef.

  • So, now we are serving some hamburger with french fries for the captain.

  • A year later, anybody could buy a bad hamburger anytime at an Atlanta lunch counter.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Their courtship lasted three months, consisting of hamburger lunches and weekend movie dates.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Robin is at the grill with hamburgers as Alyssa prepares the table for dinner.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • We enjoyed delicious hamburgers topped with lettuce and tomato at the backyard barbecue.

Synonyms

ground beef
vshamburger
  • US
19 1.0

Finely chopped meat from a cow used for cooking

is meat prepared specifically for forming patties rather than general cooking

Compounds

A round soft bread roll cut in half to hold a burger and toppings

A round soft bread roll for holding a cooked meat patty and toppings

A cooked flat piece of ground beef served without a bun

How Natural

hamburger
65 1.0
frankenmeat burger
  • Slang
8.4

Surface Forms

hamburger singular
hamburgers plural

Etymology

Hamburger comes from the city Hamburg and the ending -er, which meant 'from' or 'person of'. Because a well-known minced beef dish came from Hamburg, hamburger came to mean the ground beef used for those patties.