hamburger

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
2. (countable, uncountable) The patty used in such a sandwich.
3. (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
4. (US, colloquial, countable, uncountable) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of hamburger button.
6. (US, countable, informal, uncountable) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.

Verb

To badly injure or damage (a fleshy part of the body).

Synonyms

burger

beefburger

Hamburg steak

ground beef

sandwich

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hamburg

beef patty

chop steak

chopped steak

chopsteak

beefaroni

croquette

Hamburg

mince

meat ball

Salisbury steak

Translations

hamburger

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Hamburger

hamburger

hamburguesa

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hamburguesa

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hambúrguer

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χάμπουργκερ

hamburger

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hamburger

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هامبرغر

hamburger

Frikadelle

κιμάς

hambourgeois

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/

Etymology

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc.; or, less likely, borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.