ground beef

noun

: beef that has been cut into very small pieces

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At the long gone Hamburger Inn, a resourceful man named Ross Davis decided to stretch his ground beef supply by pressing thin sliced onions into his patties. George Motz, Southern Living, 6 May 2026 Cornish pasties brimming with ground beef and potatoes. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026 For a parent trying to brown ground beef while a 7-year-old narrates a school day at full volume, that matters. Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026 Over time, ground beef turns dull red, then eventually brown, as this pigment-determining protein converts to its oxidized version, metmyoglobin. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ground beef

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“Ground beef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20beef. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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