hamburger
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- noun
- /ˈhæmˌbɜrɡər/
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hamburguesa
- I ordered a delicious hamburger with lettuce, tomato, and cheese for lunch.
- eat hamburgers
- fast-food hamburger
- undercooked hamburgers
They saw their first dentist, they ate their first hamburger, and they had their first kids.
- They saw their first dentist, they ate their first hamburger, and they had their first kids.
- And she said, oh, maybe not Quincy, but I think McDonald's hamburgers are delicious.
- You know, I don't need that particular hamburger or that particular plate of nachos, right?
- That's like asking me do I want pizza or hamburgers?
- It's kind of like a hamburger, but teriyaki burger.
- So if that's your thing, you can eat real hamburger all you want, right?
- It's a Taco shell with a hamburger cheeseburger inside the Taco shell.
Examples
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How do you want your hamburger?
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"We celebrated that night at my house by eating hamburgers and drinking beer," he says.
Academic text (2009) -
Would you be willing to eat a hamburger for the very first time in your entire life?
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What I need is a grant to run a nice hamburger stand in New Jersey.
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Any of you all want a hamburger?
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I had a fast food hamburger without the bun.
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So you can go to Detroit and get the exact same hamburger you got in Baltimore.
Fiction book (1990) -
Dad, who hated pizza, would probably grab a hamburger for supper somewhere.
Fiction book (1995) -
By now, Nick is carefully cutting his hamburger into manageable sections.
Fiction book (1995) -
After experiencing freeze-dried ice cream, we went across the street to a low-budget hamburger stand for dinner.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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Two slices of bread with food like meat or cheese between them for a meal
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A cooked beef patty in a bun with toppings
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A hamburger with melted cheese in a bun
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A burger served with bacon
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A sandwich with a fried or grilled beef patty in a bun
A hamburger sold at McDonald's fast food restaurants
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How Filling
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Etymology
Hamburger grew from the same idea: Hamburg plus -er, meaning 'from Hamburg'. As the minced meat was put into a bun, hamburger became the name of the cooked beef patty sandwich we know today.