veggie burger
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- /ˈvɛdʒi ˈbɜrɡər/
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hamburguesa vegetariana
- At the barbecue, I decided to try a delicious veggie burger instead of the usual meat options.
- grilled veggie burgers
- frozen veggie burgers
- soy-based veggie burgers
This is the veggie burger with no Mayo.
- This is the veggie burger with no Mayo.
- And I just looked it up, and it's like nutritionists say veggie burger is healthy despite being processed.
- We have our microwavable chicken, our microwavable rice, our microwavable veggie burgers, pasta, and our eggs and microwavable Turkey bacon.
- Or you can't even use the word veggie burger to describe your product.
- Vegan, of course, burger, veggie burgers all day.
Examples
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Can I offer you a veggie burger with no cheese, no pickles, no onions and light on the mayo?
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So we're at a little Irish pub and we're sharing a veggie burger and fries.
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- Um, do you have a veggie burger?
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- I could go for a veggie burger.
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I'm gonna get the veggie burger.
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Okay, I think I'm going to get the veggie burger.
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So much easier when my only choices are a veggie burger or a salad.
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Why is my veggie burger the only burnt object on this grill?
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They're a bit pricey, but way better than any other veggie burger I've had to date.
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I'm a big fan of veggie burgers and try to always keep them in my freezer so I'm prepped and ready for a Meatless Monday meal.
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How Plant-Based
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'veggie' (vegetable/plant-based) modifies 'burger' (a sandwich with a patty), yielding a burger made from vegetables or plant-based ingredients. This modifier+noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Veggie burger is a name made from veggie, a short form of 'vegetable', and burger, giving the image of a burger made from vegetables instead of 'meat'. So it now means a sandwich like a hamburger with a patty made from vegetables as an alternative to 'meat'.