hamburger

noun

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ham·burg·er | \ ˈham-ˌbər-gər

variants: or hamburg \ ˈham-ˌbərg

Definition of hamburger

1a : ground beef

b : a patty of ground beef

2 : a sandwich consisting of a patty of hamburger in a split typically round bun

Examples of hamburger in a Sentence

They served hot dogs and hamburgers at the cookout. Add the cooked hamburger to the sauce.

Recent Examples on the Web Instead of a traditional Christmas roast, try a holiday pretzel sandwich, with roast turkey and gravy stuffed between King's Hawaiian Sweet Pretzel hamburger buns. — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2021 It was later called hamburger steak and became a popular item at American restaurants and lunch counters. — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2021 In honors announced in September, Louis Lunch in New Haven, where the hamburger was created in 1900, and Match, a pioneer in the renaissance of the SoNo section of Norwalk in 1999, were inducted into the CRA’s Hospitality Hall of Fame. — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2021 The trimmings from González’s prime and wagyu briskets are ground and formed into patties, some available for as little as $4.75 per hamburger. — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021 Millions of employees are refusing to return to the labor market, even as the unemployment rate falls, and prices are rising for everything from hamburger to gasoline. — Christopher Leonard, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2021 In 2013, Mark Post, a tissue scientist at a Dutch university, produced the first cultured-meat hamburger — a $325,000 patty paid for by Google founder Sergey Brin. — Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021 So any restaurant selling you a $25 wagyu or Kobe hamburger is really just selling you a bill of goods. — John Mariani, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021 Nepalse eatery and the hot dog and hamburger joint, the Standard. — al, 11 Nov. 2021

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