Hamburger

English

Noun

Hamburger (plural Hamburgers)

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.

Synonyms

• (sandwich): beefburger
• (patty): hamburger patty

Hypernyms

• (sandwich): burger

Hyponyms

(sandwich, patty):

• slider
• quarter-pounder
• cheeseburger

Coordinate terms

(sandwich, patty):

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

Derived terms

• burger
• cheeseburger
• vegeburger
• soyburger

Thesaurus

BLT, Dagwood sandwich, London broil, Salisbury steak, Sloppy Joe, Swiss cheese sandwich, T-bone steak, bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich, beef, beef extract, beef tea, beefsteak, bifteck, bouillon, bully, bully beef, canape, charqui, cheeseburger, chipped beef, chopped steak, club steak, corned beef sandwich, cubed steak, double-decker sandwich, dried beef, egg salad sandwich, fillet steak, flank steak, grilled cheese sandwich, grinder, ground beef, ground chuck, ground round, ham sandwich, hamburg, hamburg steak, hoagy, hot dog, jerky, pastrami, pastrami sandwich, poor boy, porterhouse steak, rib steak, roast beef, round steak, rump steak, salt beef, sandwich, shell steak, sirloin steak, steak, submarine sandwich, suet, tenderloin steak, tuna salad sandwich, tunaburger

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhæm.bəː.ɡə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhæmˌbɚ.ɡɚ/, /ˈhæm.bɚ.ɡɚ/