hamburger roll
- noun
- /ˈhæmˌbɜrɡər roʊl/
:
pan de hamburguesa
- We served the juicy beef patties on soft hamburger rolls with fresh lettuce and tomatoes.
Examples
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The chef toasted the hamburger roll until it was golden brown.
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For the barbecue, I bought a pack of hamburger rolls to make delicious burgers.
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Like hamburger rolls? Or those little curvy ones?
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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A small round bread roll that is plain or sweet
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A round soft bread roll cut in half to hold a burger and toppings
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A small round bread made with yeast that has a soft crust and soft inside
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Morphology
The noun–noun compound straightforwardly denotes a type of roll associated with a hamburger: a bread roll intended to hold a burger, which is directly inferable from 'hamburger' (the sandwich/patty) and 'roll' (a small bread). This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English noun-modifier semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the meaning.
Etymology
Hamburger roll comes from hamburger, a meat dish named after the city of Hamburg, and roll, meaning a small round bread. The image to remember is a soft round roll made to 'hold' a grilled meat patty, so the name simply means the bread for a burger.