burger
/ˈbəːɡə
/noun
1A flat round cake of minced beef that is fried or grilled and typically served in a bread roll; a hamburger.There will be a grill area for burgers, hot dogs and fries as well as a pizza oven....
- Others had time to set up a small gas grill to cook some burgers and dogs.
- I lost a burger down the gap in the grill - the burgers weren't the best quality and fell apart very easily.
1.1 [with modifier] A similarly shaped food item made of a specified ingredient: a nut burger...
- It is the main ingredient in soy burgers, ice cream, milk shakes, and fake cheese.
- I tried the new smokey bar-be-que flavour chicken fillet burger form KFC on my way home on Sunday.
- After a quick perusal of the pantry and the fridge, Dawn decided on turkey burger and fries.
Origin
1930s (originally US): abbreviation of hamburger.
Rhymes
- a dusty answer
- Advaita
- ad valorem
- advance
- advanceable
- advance account
- advance agent
- Advance Australia
- Advance Australia Fair
- advance copy
- advanced
- advanced degree
- advanced gas-cooled reactor
- advanced guard
- advance directive
- advanced level
- advanced passenger train
- heteromerous
- heteromorph
- heteromorphic
- heteromorphism
- heteromorphy
- heteronomous
- heteronomy
- heteronormative