Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Ground meat, usually beef.
- noun A patty of such meat.
- noun A sandwich made with a patty of ground meat usually in a roll or bun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A hot
sandwich consisting of apatty of cookedground beef , in a slicedbun , sometimes also containingsalad vegetables,condiments , or both. - noun The patty used in such a sandwich.
- noun uncountable Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
- noun colloquial An animal or human, or the
flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
- noun beef that has been ground
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I typically avoid using ground beef in chili, which makes what I call hamburger soup.
The Seattle Times 2011
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One chubby little pipe-mouthed fellow clutches a coke and fries; elsewhere a hamburger is being crucified.
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Sub specie aeternitatis the Colombian hamburger is ... well, pardon the cliche, but it is sui generis.
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These idiots probably think that their hamburger comes from the store.
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I go back and see my hamburger heroes, the people I call hamburger heroes, and personalize it.
A Theater Where Eating Is Definitely Allowed Pervaiz Shallwani 2011
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One chubby little pipe-mouthed fellow clutches a coke and fries; elsewhere a hamburger is being crucified.
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Yes | No | Report from GiantWhitetails wrote 31 weeks 1 day ago all of it. its all good. i love backstraps and steaks. ground venison is great in hamburger helper.
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McDonald's tells kids that hamburgers grow in hamburger patches.
Dumb peta quotes 2009
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Yes | No | Report from GiantWhitetails wrote 31 weeks 1 day ago all of it. its all good. i love backstraps and steaks. ground venison is great in hamburger helper.
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McDonald's tells kids that hamburgers grow in hamburger patches.
Dumb peta quotes 2009
eatbacon1 commented on the word hamburger
yum
May 7, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word hamburger
Conflict of interests?
May 7, 2010