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Meaning of hamburger in English

hamburger
noun
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/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡər/ us

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/ˈhæmˌbɝː.ɡɚ/

hamburger noun (MEAT)

[ C ]
(informal burger); (UK also beefburger)
a round, flat piece of minced beef, fried and usually eaten between two halves of a bread roll
 
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[ U ] US
(UK mince)
beef that is cut into very small pieces, used to make hamburgers
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hamburger noun (SYMBOL)

[ C ]
a symbol consisting of three horizontal lines that you can touch to see a menu, for example on a phone app
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hamburger noun (ON ROAD)

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a road junction (= where roads come together) consisting of a main road that goes through the middle of a roundabout (= a junction where traffic must go around a circular area in the middle):
The simplest of these road layouts is the hamburger, which ploughs a two-way road through a central island.
a hamburger junction/island/roundabout
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(Definition of hamburger from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

hamburger | American Dictionary

hamburger
noun [ C/U ]
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/ˈhæmˌbɜr·ɡər/
very small pieces of beef (= meat from cattle), or this meat pressed into a round, flat shape, cooked, and usually eaten as a sandwich in a small, round roll (= piece of bread):
[ U ] a pound of hamburger (meat)
[ C ] I’ll take a hamburger and French fries, please.
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The lady who at 28 was too old to sell hamburgers was considered to have the wrong "age profile".
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There is nothing wrong with selling hamburgers; it is an honourable occupation.
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They are also concerned about kangaroo meat coming into this country and being made into hamburgers and mincemeat.
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He was not religious, he ate hamburgers and chips, and so on.
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Is it intended that, say, sirloin of beef and lamb chops should be in, but that mince and hamburgers should be out?
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If there was a genuine market in health, as there is in hamburgers, one would not mind.
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The hot dogs, the hamburgers and the onions were on the griddle.
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We are talking about heated hamburgers, heated hot dogs and hot fat.
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We are speaking of people with a much humbler calling, who make a living selling hamburgers.
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They want the hamburgers and that is all that they are concerned with.
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We are not talking about the franchising of hamburgers or the changing of cleaning and catering arrangements in hospitals.
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British pet food in cans—beef—is now prohibited, as are hamburgers and beefburgers.
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I am not sure whether such regulations are in force regarding pies, hamburgers and similar products.
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I did not agree with him when he was stuffing hamburgers down that little kid's throat, but that was a judgment.
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Hamburgers, hot dogs and chestnuts are all sold in our royal parks.
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