Burger Definition

bûrgər
burgers
noun
burgers
A sandwich consisting of a bun, a cooked beef patty, and often other ingredients such as cheese, onion slices, lettuce, or condiments. Often used in combination.
A cheeseburger.
American Heritage

Hamburger, cheeseburger, etc.

Webster's New World
A similar sandwich with a nonbeef filling. Often used in combination.
A crab burger; a tofu burger.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
affix
Sandwich of a patty of ground meat, fish, etc.
Turkeyburger.
Webster's New World
Hamburger and.
Cheeseburger.
Webster's New World
suffix

Used to make the names of hamburgers served in buns with the addition of the specified foodstuff, or with that foodstuff used in place of the usual meat.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Burger

Noun

Singular:
burger
Plural:
burgers

Origin of Burger

  • Coined around 1939 from hamburger, due to incorrect analysis of that term as ham + burger and shortening.

    From Wiktionary

  • Back-formation from hamburger, as if it were ham + -burger.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for hamburger

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Burger Sentence Examples

  • The burger flippers don't add $1,000 of value.

  • All burger flippers just lost their jobs.

  • Our chef created a beef burger using the ingredients on the box of a branded product.

  • This action makes the price of a burger go up by $1,000 and drops demand to zero.

  • They began as had the Burger Ministerium, with a vigorous Liberal centralizing policy.

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Words Starting With

BBUBUR

Words Ending With

RERGER

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burger

Words Starting With B and Ending With R

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With R