Definition of HAMBURGER

hamburger

Meanings

Plural: hamburgers

Noun

  • a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
  • beef that has been ground
  • 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.
  • The patty used in such a sandwich.
  • Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
  • An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
  • Ellipsis of hamburger button.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

beefburger, burger, ground beef, hamburger patty, liberty sandwich

Scrabble Score: 17

hamburger is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hamburger is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hamburger is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

hamburger is a valid Words With Friends word