Hamburger

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈhæm.bɜː.É¡É™/
• US IPA: /ˈhæmËŒbɝ.É¡Éš/, /ˈhæm.bɝ.É¡Éš/

Origin

From German Hamburger, the adjectival form of Hamburg.

Full definition of hamburger

Noun

1. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
2. The patty used in such a sandwich.
3. (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
4. (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger.I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again.

Synonyms

• (sandwich) beefburger
• (patty) hamburger patty

Hypernyms

• (sandwich) burger

Hyponyms

• slider
• quarter-pounder
• cheeseburger

Coordinate terms

• chicken burger
• fish burger
• lamb burger
• pork burger
• vegeburger
• soyburger

Derived terms

• burger
• cheeseburger
• hamburgerology
• vegeburger
• soyburger
• gardenburger