burger
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burger
hamburger
Not to be confused with:
burgher – citizen of a town or borough
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burg·er
(bûr′gər)n.
1. 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.
2. A similar sandwich with a nonbeef filling. Often used in combination: a crab burger; a tofu burger.
[Short for hamburger.]
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burger
(ˈbɜːɡə)n
(Cookery) informal
a. short for hamburger
b. (in combination): a cheeseburger.
Bürger
(German ˈbyrɡər)n
(Biography) Gottfried August (ˈɡɔtfriːt ˈauɡʊst). 1747–94, German lyric poet, noted particularly for his ballad Lenore (1773)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
burg•er
(ˈbɜr gər)n.
a hamburger.
[1935–40, Amer.]
Bur•ger
(ˈbɜr gər)n.
Warren Earl, 1907–95, U.S. jurist: Chief Justice of the U.S. 1969–86.
-burger
a combining form extracted from hamburger, occurring in compounds whose initial element denotes a garnish for a hamburger or a substitute ingredient for the meat patty: cheeseburger; fishburger.
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| Noun | 1. | Burger - United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995) |
| 2. |  burger - a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredientsground beef, hamburger - beef that has been ground sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them cheeseburger - a hamburger with melted cheese on it |
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Translations
karbanátek
burger
purilainen
pljeskavica
バーガー
햄버거
hamburgare
เบอร์เกอร์์
bánh mì tròn kẹp
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burger
n (inf) → Hamburger m
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burger
→ هامْبُرْجَر karbanátek burger Hamburger μπιφτέκι hamburguesa purilainen hamburger pljeskavica hamburger バーガー 햄버거 hamburger hamburger hamburger hambúrguer гамбургер hamburgare เบอร์เกอร์์ burger bánh mì tròn kẹp 碎肉夹饼Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009