hamburger

Meaning

Noun

1. 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. The patty used in such a sandwich.
3. Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
4. (colloquial) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
5. Short for hamburger button.
6. (informal) 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.

Concepts

hamburger

burger

beefburger

Hamburg steak

ground beef

hamburg

sandwich

mince

croquette

meat ball

beef patty

chop steak

chopped steak

chopsteak

Hamburg

Salisbury steak

beefaroni

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.