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burger

1

[ bur-ger ]

noun

  1. a hamburger.
  2. a food patty, or patty on a bun, containing ingredients other than beef:

    veggie or turkey burgers.



Burger

2

[ bur-ger ]

noun

  1. Warren Earl, 1907–1995, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1969–86.

-burger

3
  1. a combining form extracted from hamburger, occurring in compounds the initial element of which denotes a special garnish for a hamburger or a substitute ingredient for the meat patty:

    baconburger; cheeseburger; fishburger.

Bürger

1

/ ˈbyrɡər /

noun

  1. BürgerGottfried August17471794MGermanWRITING: poet Gottfried August (ˈɡɔtfriːt ˈauɡʊst). 1747–94, German lyric poet, noted particularly for his ballad Lenore (1773)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


burger

2

/ ˈbɜːɡə /

noun

  1. informal.
    1. short for hamburger
    2. ( in combination )

      a cheeseburger

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burger1

1935–40, Americanism; extracted from hamburger by false analysis as ham 1 + burger
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Example Sentences

When in Tuolumne Meadows, stop at its seasonal summertime grill for a post-hike burger and fries, washed down with a fluffy swirl of soft serve.

So I parked near the Washington Hilton and waited — and waited — for my classic Chicken Guy sandwich and a “real cheezy” burger.

The venture fund’s $1 billion first round has had some early successes, like Impossible Foods, a maker of plant-based burgers.

Both Beyond and Impossible burgers contain 20 grams of protein per four ounces, while the same amount of 85 percent lean ground beef has 21 grams.

His son Deuce attempts to establish a union at the burger joint where he works.

Thankfully, the Coleman kids reached a Burger King, and Wahlberg and his amateur biker gang rode off.

On Friday afternoon, I stood by the Burger King checking the bars on my phone like a kid with a curfew.

He was hungry, so he brought along a fast food burger and soda to the studio.

Big Kahuna Burger is a fictional chain of Hawaiian-themed fast food burger joints out in Los Angeles dreamed up by Tarantino.

That Tarantino never opened a real-life Big Kahuna Burger out in L.A. seems like a huge missed opportunity.

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As in the wonderful old ballad of Burger, the Prussian horseman has taken the maiden “Germania” on his saddle.

You forget the ballad of Burger, my dear Alexanderthe dead travel fast!

The burger waited, my mask was thrown by, and my face appeared whitened with chalk, and made ghastly.

They both ran: and the silly burger, eased of his fifty dollars, scampered first.

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