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beef patty

beef patty

3 1.6
A flat round piece of cooked ground beef used in burgers
  • noun
  • /biːf ˈpæti/
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  • She carefully placed the beef patty onto the bun and added all the toppings.
  • beef patties and lettuce
  • two beef patties
  • beef patties with sauce

So this is our Double Jack with two beef patties.

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Examples

  • The chef grilled a juicy beef patty for the hamburger.

  • I bought a pack of beef patties to make burgers for the party.

  • Hey, Lenny, how much do I owe you for this beef patty, man?

  • So you can have beef patties for a nickel cheaper.

  • What you can't see is that there is a very small and very dry beef patty under the fries.

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  • In my area, the minimum safe temperature for cooked beef patties is 156 degrees F.

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  • By bar burger, I mean you get a beef patty on a hamburger bun.

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  • Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, boy!

  • We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but they use a sesame seed bun.

  • All you need is a scoop of rice, on which you embed a juicy beef patty and a fried over-easy egg, and then drown the entire mound in thick, rich gravy.

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Synonyms

patty
vsbeef patty
46 2.1

A small flat cake of ground meat or vegetables cooked to eat

is specifically a flat round portion of ground meat usually used in buns
chopped steak
vsbeef patty
  • US
1 2.2

A flat piece of ground beef that is cooked and served as a main dish

is often used inside a bun rather than served as a main dish
chop steak
vsbeef patty
  • US
3.5

A flat piece of cooked ground beef served without a bun, often with gravy

is used in buns as part of a sandwich rather than served alone
hamburger steak
vsbeef patty
  • US
2.6

A cooked flat piece of ground beef served without a bun

is commonly served inside a bun rather than served without one
chopsteak
vsbeef patty
  • US
3.7

A flat round patty of ground beef often served as a main dish

is commonly placed in a bun rather than served alone as a main dish

How Plant-Based

beef patty
3 1.6

Surface Forms

beef patty singular
beef patties plural

Morphology

beef + patty

The meaning 'a flat, round serving of ground beef' is directly derivable from combining 'beef' (meat from a cow) with 'patty' (a flattened mass of ground meat), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the compound meaning. This is a literal noun–noun compound following common compositional patterns across languages, making it immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Beef patty comes from a simple name: beef (the meat) plus patty, an old word for a small flat cake. Picture pressing ground beef into a flat, round cake and frying it, so it means 'a flat, round serving of ground beef' used in burgers.