hamburger

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A round, flat piece of cooked meat served in a bread bun, often with vegetables and sauce.

   We ordered hamburgers and fries for dinner.

2. 2
   noun

   Beef that has been ground into small pieces.

   She fried some hamburger to make the sauce.

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

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