Synonyms for hamburger


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ham-bur-ger
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæmˌbɜr gər


Définition of hamburger

Origin :
  • 1610s, "native of Hamburg;" the meat product so called from 1884, hamburg steak, named for the German city of Hamburg, though no certain connection has ever been put forth, and there may not be one unless it be that Hamburg was a major port of departure for German immigrants to United States. Meaning "a sandwich consisting of a bun and a patty of grilled hamburger meat" attested by 1912. Shortened form burger attested from 1939; beefburger was attempted 1940, in an attempt to make the main ingredient more explicit, after the -burger had taken on a life of its own as a suffix (cf. cheeseburger, first attested 1938).
  • noun ground beef sandwich
Example sentences :
  • Better stay and have some Hamburger and onions, advised Anthony, with a smile.
  • Extract from : « Weatherby's Inning » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Not for her the impenetrable mysteries of a hamburger and onions.
  • Extract from : « Roast Beef, Medium » by Edna Ferber
  • We have left the Englishmen behind us, and now have caught up with the Hamburger.
  • Extract from : « Five Weeks in a Balloon » by Jules Verne
  • The Breton was all passion and melancholy; the Hamburger all fancy and satire.
  • Extract from : « Amiel's Journal » by Henri-Frdric Amiel
  • Hamburger steak and pork liver often contain more manure germs than the fresh droppings of animals.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association
  • His right hand was bandaged, and the knuckles of the left resembled a hamburger steak.
  • Extract from : « The Boss of Wind River » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • With hamburger steak, brown or tomato sauce, or stewed mushrooms or sweet peppers.
  • Extract from : « Civic League Cook Book » by Anonymous
  • Brown the onion in the fat, add the Hamburger steak, and stir until the red color disappears.
  • Extract from : « Everyday Foods in War Time » by Mary Swartz Rose
  • The temperature had dropped sharply, and hot soup and hamburger sandwiches were welcome.
  • Extract from : « The Wailing Octopus » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • Pizza shops and hamburger joints figure visibly on the Internet (still in its infancy).
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

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